Rhipsalis flagelliformis N. P. Taylor & Zappi
Images | Description | Publications | Reduced Synonyms
AH 757, Sossego do Imbé, Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GO 456, Sossego do Imbé, Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GO 457
GO 457, SEM of seed
Description
| The accepted name Rhipsalis flagelliformis N. P. Taylor & Zappi was published in Bradleya 32: 4. 2014. The geographic range is Brazil (north-eastern part of Rio de Janeiro state, near Parque Estadual do Desengano) found at elevations of unreported meters with an endangered status of critically endangered. Rhipsalis flagelliformis is classified in the subgenus Goniorhipsalis. Observed growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte. Overall habit is pendant, branches are monomorphic (single stem shape) and acrotonic or subacrotonic (stems form from the tips and just below tips of previous stems). Stems are 4 to 7 angled, bristles are dense. Main stems are indeterminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 11cm-200cm x 0.8cm-1cm. Flowers are rotate: sub-patent or patent (wheel shaped: partial to wide open), 0.35cm x 0.7cm. Petals 5, sepal count is unreported. Inner petals are white or pink, outer petals are pink or red. Stamen are white, from 24 to 27. Stigma lobes 4. Flower ovary is subglobose, unreported x 0.35cm. Flowering position on the stem is lateral and the flower orientation in relation to the stem is oblique. Does repeat flowering 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 sparse at the areoles after flowering. Unripe fruit is red or brown. Ripe fruit is globose; white or pink, unreported x 0.5cm. Other notable features: R. flagelliformis is easily identified by it's long indeterminate, consistently 4+ angled stems with bristles at the areoles. It is proposed R. flagelliformis is most closely related to R. pacheco-leonis subsp. pacheco-leonis based on molecular phylogenetic samples1. 1A remarkable new Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) from eastern Brazil, N. P. Taylor, G. Olsthoorn, D. Zappi, G. Khew, D. Quandt, Bradleya:32, 2014 Taxonomic treatment and description were derived from:
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Rhipsalis flagelliformis referenced publications
| Title | Authors | Type | Journal | Year | Volume | Issue | Pages | Publisher |
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| Epifytische cactussen, rhipsalis.eu. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025 | Aat van Uijen | Website | 2025 | |||||
| Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | Plants of the World Online. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025 | Website | 2025 | ||||||
| The Caryophyllales Network 2015+ [continuously updated]: A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025 | Website | 2025 | ||||||
| WFO The World Flora Online. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025 | Website | 2025 | ||||||
| Rio de Janeiro - Cactaceae of the State of Rio de Janeiro (version 1, 8/2022), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org | Diego Rafael Gonzaga, Maria de Fátima Freitas, Alice Calvente | Website | 2022 | |||||
| Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family | Nadja 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. Berendsohn | Journal Article | Willdenowia | 2021 | 51 | 2 | 251 – 270 | Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM) |
| Cactaceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025 | Daniela C. Zappi, Nigel P. Taylor | Website | 2020 | |||||
| Flora do Rio de Janeiro: Cactaceae | Maria de Fátima Freitas, Alice Calvente, Diego Rafael Gonzaga | Journal Article | Rodriguésia | 2020 | 71 | |||
| Additions and corrections to ‘Cacti of Eastern Brazil’ | Nigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. Zappi | Journal Article | Bradleya | 2018 | 2018 | 36 | 2 – 21 | British Cactus and Succulent Society |
| Rhipsalis, cactussen uit het tropische woud 2 | Aat van Uijen | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2018 | 97 | 1 | 39-44 | |
| Mijn ervaringen met...epifytische cactussen | Ruud Tropper | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2017 | 96 | 1 | 26 | |
| Rhipsalis agudoensis - a mystery solved | Nigel P. Taylor, Andreas Hofacker | Journal Article | Bradleya | 2017 | 2017 | 35 | 248 – 251 | British Cactus and Succulent Society |
| Rhipsalis spinescens Lombardi - eine kritische Bewertung unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde | Andreas Hofacker | Journal Article | EPIG | 2017 | 79 | 5-15 | ||
| Rhipsalis, cactussen uit het tropische woud 1 | Aat van Uijen | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2017 | 96 | 6 | 270-275 | |
| Succulentennieuwtjes | Wolter ten Hoeve | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2015 | 94 | 4 | 194 | |
| A remarkable new Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) from eastern Brazil | Nigel P. Taylor, Gerardus Olsthoorn, Daniela C. Zappi, Gillian Khew, Dietmar Quandt | Journal Article | Bradleya | 2014 | 32 | 2-12 |
Reduced Synonyms
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