Rhipsalis goebeliana Backeb.
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Bonn 4467 – material sampled, Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012
Utrecht University Botanic Gardens
Unknown clone
Commercial clone (commonly sold mislabeled as R. crispata)
Description
| The accepted name Rhipsalis goebeliana Backeb. was published in Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 10. 1957["1956"]. The geographic range is uncertain (the true species is only known from cultivated material) found at elevations of unreported meters with an endangered status of data deficient. Rhipsalis goebeliana is classified in the subgenus Phyllarthrorhipsalis. Observed growing as an epiphyte. Overall habit is pendant or semi-erect, branches are monomorphic (single stem shape) and acrotonic or mesotonic (stems form from the tips to middle of previous stems). Stems are 2 to 3 angled, margins have low to deep crenations, often dentate, at times undulating or frilled (slightly to deeply scalloped, often serrated like holly), bristles are absent. Main stems are determinate (seasonal growth is about the same length), 10.4cm-13.9cm x 1.4cm-3cm. Flowers are rotate: patent or reflexed (wheel shaped: wide open to reflexed), 1cm x 0.85cm-1.5cm. Petals from 5 to 7, sepals from 2 to 3. Inner petals are white, light-yellow or pink, outer petals are white, yellow or pink. Stamen are white, from 35 to 62. Stigma lobes 4. Flower ovary is cylindrical, 0.3cm x 0.2cm-0.3cm. Flowering position on the stem is lateral and the flower orientation in relation to the stem is perpendicular. 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 absent at the areoles after flowering. Unripe fruit is green, pink or brown. Ripe fruit is globose or ovoid; white-green, green, pink or red, 0.24cm-0.45cm x 0.47cm-0.5cm. Other notable features: Stems quite often but not always present with dentate margins (often similar to holly facing deer pressures) and are often but not always shiny. Fruit takes an extraordinarily long time to fully ripen, in my collection almost an entire year. Stems can be a bright green to dark green and sometimes outlined with red. It can be quite similar in appearance to some specimen of R. rhombea, however the flowers tend to be larger and the flower ovary is longer. thinner stemmed specimen can present with undulating or frilly stem margins, but that is not a good identifying characteristic for this species as R. barthlottii, R. crispata, R. oblonga, R. cuneata, R. occidentalis, and R. rhombea can also present the same characteristic. Comments: P.L. Ibisch, M. Kessler, C. Nowicki and W. Barthlott, indicated specimen found growing in Bolivia were R. goebeliana2, they have since however been treated as a R. cuneata subsp. australis at lower elevations and R. cuneata subsp. cuneata at higher elevations by Ralf Bauer1. R. goebeliana has not been found in the wild, any attribution of R. goebeliana found in Bolivia should be treated as R. cuneata subsp. cuneata or R. cuneata subsp. australis1. EPIG 62 contains several photographs of R. goebeliana (only known from cultivated material), R. cuneata subsp. cuneata (images from Ecuador and Peru should be regarded as R. occidentalis), and R. cuneata subsp. australis. R. cuneata subsp. cuneata (Photo 8: R. cuneata subsp. cuneata) and R. cuneata subsp. australis (Photo 10: R. goebeliana) can be seen pictured on page 29 of Bradley 18. 1Rhipsalis cuneata Britton & Rose, eine variable Art mit flachen Trieben von den Ostabhängen der Anden Boliviens, Perus and Ecuadors - mit Beschreibung der neuen Unterart R. cuneata subsp. australis Ralf Bauer subsp. nov., Ralf Bauer, EPIG, 62:5-28, 2008 2Ecology, biogeography and diversity of the Bolivian epiphytic cacti — with the description of two new taxa, P.L. Ibisch, M. Kessler, C. Nowicki & W. Barthlott, Bradleya, 18:2-30, 2000 Taxonomic treatment and description were derived from:
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Rhipsalis goebeliana 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 | |||||
| IPCN Chromosome Reports. Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed on: 18 Jan. 2025 | 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| Neotypification of Rhipsalis rhombea (Rhipsalideae, Cactaceae) and Its Taxonomic History | Ralf Bauer, Nadja Korotkova | Journal Article | Haseltonia | 2020 | 27 | 95-101 | Cactus and Succulent Society of America | |
| Rhipsalis, cactussen uit het tropische woud 1 | Aat van Uijen | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2017 | 96 | 6 | 270-275 | |
| Rhipsalis (Cactaceae): loss and gain of floral rewards is mirrored in range sizes and distribution patterns of species | Bernadette Grosse-Veldmann, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Jens Mutke, Wilhelm Barthlott, Maximilian Weigend | Journal Article | Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | 2016 | 180 | 491-503 | ||
| A New Subgeneric Classification of Rhipsalis (Cactoideae, Cactaceae) | Alice Calvente | Journal Article | Systematic Botany | 2012 | 37 | 4 | 983 – 988 | The American Society of Plant Taxonomists |
| Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae) | Nadja Korotkova | Ph.D. Thesis | 2012 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | ||||
| Molecular Phylogeny, Evolution, and Biogeography of South American Epiphytic Cacti | Alice Calvente, Daniela C. Zappi, Félix Forest, Lúcia G. Lohmann | Journal Article | International Journal of Plant Sciences | 2011 | 172 | 7 | 902-914 | |
| 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 Barthlott | Journal Article | American Journal of Botany | 2011 | 98 | 1549-1572 | ||
| Molecular phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) | Alice Calvente | Ph.D. Thesis | 2010 | Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo | ||||
| Rhipsalis cuneata Britton & Rose, eine variable Art mit flachen Trieben von den Ostabhängen der Anden Boliviens, Perus and Ecuadors - mit Beschreibung der neuen Unterart R. cuneata ssp. australis Ralf Bauer ssp. nov. | Ralf Bauer | Journal Article | EPIG | 2008 | 62 | 5-28 | ||
| A Unique Cactus with Scented and Possibly Bat-Dispersed Fruits: Rhipsalis juengeri | Boris Schlumpberger, Robin A. Clery, Wilhelm Barthlott | Journal Article | Plant Biology | 2006 | 8 | 2 | 265-70 | |
| The New Cactus Lexicon: Text | David Hunt, Nigel P. Taylor, Graham Charles | Book | 2006 | 138-139,142-143,253-257 | DH Books | |||
| Ecology, biogeography and diversity of the Bolivian epiphytic cacti — with the description of two new taxa | Pierre Ibisch, Michael Kessler, Christoph Nowicki, Wilhelm Barthlott | Journal Article | Bradleya | 2000 | 18 | 2-30, 120, 247-249 | British Cactus and Succulent Society | |
| Boliviens epiphytische Kakteen und ihre ökologische und geographische Verbreitung. Teil 1 | Pierre Ibisch | Journal Article | EPIG | 1997 | 9 | 4 | 131 | |
| Die Namen der Gattungen und Arten epiphytischer Kakteen. Teil 1. Rhipsalideae | Ralf Bauer | Journal Article | EPIG | 1996 | 8 | 2 | 47-51 | |
| Notes towards a Monograph of Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae) | Wilhelm Barthlott, Nigel P. Taylor | Journal Article | Bradleya | 1995 | 13 | 43-79 | British Cactus and Succulent Society | |
| Rhipsalis occidentalis Barthlott et Rauh. Eine neue Art mit blattartig abgeflachten Sprossen aus Ecuador und Peru | Wilhelm Barthlott, Werner Rauh | Journal Article | Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten | 1987 | 38 | 1 | 16-19 | |
| Chromosome numbers in the tribe Rhipsalinae (Cactaceae) | T. W. J. Gadella, E. Kliphuis, J. Naber | Journal Article | Botaniska notiser | 1979 | 3 | 294 |
Reduced Synonyms
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