Lepismium warmingianum (K.Schum.) Barthlott


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Bonn 4837, Morro Santana rainforest, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, S. Porembski – material sampled, Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012

 
W. Barthlott, Lotus-Salvinia.de

Salvador do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


A 66, close to the waterfalls of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil


Iguazu Falls, border between Misiones, Argentina and Paraná, Brazil


Bonn 12182


Cok Grootscholten

Unknown clone

Unknown clone


Botanical illustrations and historical images


Description

The accepted name Lepismium warmingianum (K.Schum.) Barthlott was published in Barthlott in Bradleya 5: 99. 1987.

The geographic range is Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay found at elevations of 40-700 meters with an endangered status of least concern.

Lepismium warmingianum is classified in the subgenus Lepismium.

Observed growing as an epiphyte. Overall habit is pendant, branches are dimorphic (more than one stem shape) and mesotonic or acrotonic (stems form from the tips to middle of previous stems).

Stems are 2 to 4 angled, margins have low crenations, at times dentate (slightly scalloped, at times serrated like holly), bristles are absent. Basal stems are inderminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 50cm x 1cm. Main stems are indeterminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 5cm-41cm x 0.5cm-2.5cm.

Flowers are campanulate or infundibuliform (bell or funnel shaped), 1.5cm-2.7cm x 0.7cm-2.5cm. Petals from 7 to 13, sepals from 7 to 10. Inner petals are white or cream, outer petals are white or green. Stamen are white sometimes with a yellow or reddish base, from 20 to 37. Stigma lobes from 3 to 5. Flower ovary is cylindrical-angled, 0.39cm-0.8cm x 0.27cm-0.56cm.

Flowering position on the stem is lateral and the flower orientation in relation to the stem is oblique. It is unreported whether flowering repeats per areole. A maximum of 1 flowers were reported at a single areole. Areole position in the stems is superficial (flower ovary is visible on the surface of the stems during bud development). Trichomes or wool is absent or sparse at the areoles after flowering.

Unripe fruit is green or orange. Ripe fruit is globose or subglobose; pink, purple, black or white, 0.7cm-1.2cm x 0.5cm-1cm.

Other notable features:
Commonly reported with white fruit in older botanical descriptions, descriptions do not appear to be erroneous in the species being described. They were perhaps erroneous in the fruit color or as Wilhelm Barthlott writes in Notes towards a Monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), 1995 it was possibly a rare mutation.

Taxonomic treatment and description were derived from:
  • The referenced publications below
    • published material was examined and consolidated
      • to determine minimum and maximum size ranges
      • to determine color variations and shapes
  • In rare cases
    • if minimum and maximum values were unreported, authors examined their own materials
    • if clearly observed colors were unreported, authors expanded the botanical descriptions

Lepismium warmingianum referenced publications

TitleAuthorsTypeJournalYearVolumeIssuePagesPublisher
Epifytische cactussen, rhipsalis.eu. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025Aat van UijenWebsite2025
IPCN Chromosome Reports. Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed on: 18 Jan. 2025Website2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | Plants of the World Online. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025Website2025
The Caryophyllales Network 2015+ [continuously updated]: A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025Website2025
WFO The World Flora Online. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025Website2025
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. accessed on 2025-01-07Website2024
Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the familyNadja Korotkova, David Aquino, Salvador Arias, Urs Eggli, Alan Franck, Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa, Pablo C. Guerrero, Héctor M. Hernández, Andreas Kohlbecker, Matias Köhler, Katja Luther, Lucas C. Majure, Andreas Müller, Detlev Metzing, Reto Nyffeler, Daniel Sánchez, Boris Schlumpberger, Walter G. BerendsohnJournal ArticleWilldenowia2021512251 – 270Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM)
Cactaceae na Serra da Mantiqueira, BrasilDiego Rafael Gonzaga, Luiz Menini Neto, Ariane Luna PeixotoJournal ArticleRodriguésia202071
Paraná - Vascular Epiphytes of HUE Mauá (version 1, 1/2018), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.orgGreta Aline Dettke, Daiane dos Reis-Santos, Paulo de Tarso Sambugaro-Santos, Maria Auxiliadora Milaneze-GutierreWebsite2018
Molecular cytogenetic insights into the evolution of the epiphytic genus Lepismium (Cactaceae) and related generaNatalia C. Moreno, Leonardo D. Amarilla, María L. Las Peñas, Gabriel BernardelloJournal ArticleBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society20151772263-277
Cactaceae in the state of Paraná, BrasilAndré Soller, Patricia Soffiatti, Alice Calvente, Renato GoldenbergJournal ArticleRodriguésia201465201-219
Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae)Nadja KorotkovaPh.D. Thesis2012Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Molecular phylogeny of tribe Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae) and taxonomic implications for Schlumbergera and HatioraAlice Calvente, Daniela C. Zappi, Félix Forest, Lúcia G. LohmannJournal ArticleMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution2011583456-468
What does it take to resolve relationship and to identify species with molecular markers? An example from the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae)Nadja Korotkova, Borsch T, Dietmar Quandt, Nigel P. Taylor, Müller K, Wilhelm BarthlottJournal ArticleAmerican Journal of Botany2011981549-1572
Molecular phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae)Alice CalventePh.D. Thesis2010Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo
CactaceaeDaniela C. Zappi, Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona, Nigel P. TaylorJournal ArticleFlora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo20075180-193
A Unique Cactus with Scented and Possibly Bat-Dispersed Fruits: Rhipsalis juengeriBoris Schlumpberger, Robin A. Clery, Wilhelm BarthlottJournal ArticlePlant Biology200682265-70
The New Cactus Lexicon: Atlas of illustrationsDavid Hunt, Nigel P. Taylor, Graham CharlesBook2006104-120DH Books
The New Cactus Lexicon: TextDavid Hunt, Nigel P. Taylor, Graham CharlesBook2006138-139,142-143,253-257DH Books
The pendent cacti of BrazilPierre J. Braun, Andreas HofackerJournal ArticleCacti and Succulent Journal2006786286-299Cactus and Succulent Society of America
Lepismium warmingianum (K. Schumann) BarthlottAndreas HofackerJournal ArticleKakteen und andere Sukkulenten2005569XXXIII-XXXIV
Cacti of Eastern BrazilNigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. ZappiBook2004The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Blütenwunder aus den Yungas: Die Gattung Lepismium PfeifferRalf BauerJournal ArticleKakteen und andere Sukkulenten19984911-8
Die Namen der Gattungen und Arten epiphytischer Kakteen. Teil 1. RhipsalideaeRalf BauerJournal ArticleEPIG19968247-51
Cactaceae of South America: The Ritter CollectionsUrs Eggli, Mélica Muñoz Schick, Beat Ernst LeuenbergerBookEnglera19951615, 27, 42, 51, 58, 61, 73-74, 111, 220, 240-242, 271, 412, 431, 451-453, 488, 503-504, 507, 513, 515-516, 522-523, 566, 579
Notes towards a Monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae)Wilhelm Barthlott, Nigel P. TaylorJournal ArticleBradleya19951343-79British Cactus and Succulent Society
Bericht über zwei Vorträge von Myron Kimnach und Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Barthlott über ihre Ansichten zur Gattungsgliederung innerhalb der epiphytischen KakteenRalf BauerJournal ArticleEPIG19913464-71
New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae)Wilhelm BarthlottJournal ArticleBradleya1987597-100
Chromosome numbers in the tribe Rhipsalinae (Cactaceae)T. W. J. Gadella, E. Kliphuis, J. NaberJournal ArticleBotaniska notiser19793294
Iii. Unterfamilie Cereoideae K. Schum. 1898 Friedrich RitterJournal ArticleKakteen in Südamerika197920136-47
Cactus LexiconCurt Backeberg, Walther HaageBook1966205,220-222,440-449, 647, 750Blandford Press Ltd. (1966-1973)
Rodriguésia: Revista do Jardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroJardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroBook193542-4479-83Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia"Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"Book192332Buenos Aires, Imprenta y Casa Editora Coni
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus familyNathaniel Lord Britton, Mary E. Eaton, N. J. Rose, Helen Adelaide WoodBook19234208-247Carnegie Institution of Washington
Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroJardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroBook1915161-105Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botanico
Handbuch der Kakteenkultur : kurze Beschreibung der meisten gegenwärtig im Handel befindlichen Kakteen, nebst Angabe zu deren Pflege für Gärtner und Kakteenliebhaber zusammengestelltErnst SchelleBook1907226-233Stuttgart, E. Ulmer, 1907
Icones Selectae Horti ThenensisM. Èm. de WildemanBook19002110-114
Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen (Monographia cactacearum)Karl Schumann, Karl HirschtBook1899618-650Neudamm [Dębno, Poland?], J. Neumann, 1899
Dictionnaire d'horticulture illustréD. BoisBook18931045-1048P. Klincksieck
Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum :quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratasKarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignaz Urban, Stephan Endlicher, Eduard Fenzl, Benj. Mary, R. OldenburgBook186942266-300Monachii et Lipsiae [Munich & Leipzig], R. Oldenbourg, 1840-1906

Reduced Synonyms

NameReduced byPublished DatePublished In
Rhipsalis warmingiana K.Schum.Barthlott (1987)1890Fl. Bras. 4(2): 291. 1890
Nothorhipsalis warmingiana (K.Schum.) DoweldKorotkova (2021)2002Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 29. 2002 ["2001"]
Rhipsalis linearis K.Schum.Barthlott & Taylor (1995)1890Fl. Bras. 4(2): 296. 1890
Lepismium lineare (K.Schum.) BarthlottBarthlott & Taylor (1995)1991Bradleya 9: 89. 1991
Rhipsalis gonocarpa F.A.C.WeberBarthlott & Taylor (1995)1892Rev. Hort. (Paris) 64: 427. 1892
Rhipsalis pterocarpa F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.Britton & Rose (1923)1898Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 641. 1898
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