Rhipsalis micrantha f. micrantha (Kunth) DC.
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Description
| The accepted name Rhipsalis micrantha f. micrantha (Kunth) DC. was published in Prodr. 3: 476. 1828. The geographic range is Ecuador; Peru found at elevations of 1000-1800 meters with an endangered status of least concern. Rhipsalis micrantha f. micrantha is classified in the subgenus Phyllarthrorhipsalis. Observed growing as an lithophyte or epiphyte. Overall habit is pendant or semi-erect, branches are dimorphic (more than one stem shape) and acrotonic (stems form from the tips of previous stems). Stems are 2 to 4 angled, margins have shallow crenations (slightly scalloped), bristles are absent. Basal stems are indeterminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 20cm-25cm x 0.8cm-1cm. Main stems are determinate (seasonal growth is about the same length), 6.5cm-16cm x 0.8cm-1.5cm. Flowers are rotate: sub-patent, patent or reflexed (wheel shaped: partial to wide open to reflexed), 0.7cm x 1.05cm. Petals from 5 to 7, sepals from 1 to 2. Inner petals are white, light-yellow, light-green or pink, outer petals are white, light-yellow, green or pink. Stamen are white, from 26 to 35. Stigma lobes 5. Flower ovary is globose or cylindrical, 0.4cm x 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 3 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 or pink. Ripe fruit is globose or ovoid; white, yellow or red, 0.55cm-0.65cm x 0.5cm-1cm. Other notable features: Ripe fruit sometimes has a reddish ring at the top. While the flowers are predominantly white, I've observed almost entirely pale pink flowering specimen, at times they can even have a yellow-orange appearance. Comments: Forms are often recognized at the extreme morphological characterization found in nature, however this species presents a high level of plasticity and varying intermediate morphologies are reported between the various forms. Material Sampled, Versieux 442, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (SPF), in Molecular Phylogeny, Evolution, and Biogeography of South American Epiphytic Cacti1 Material Sampled, Calvente 396, Cajamarca, Peru (SPF), in Molecular Phylogeny, Evolution, and Biogeography of South American Epiphytic Cacti1 1Molecular Phylogeny, Evolution, and Biogeography of South American Epiphytic Cacti, Alice Calvente, Daniela C. Zappi, Félix Forest, Lúcia G. Lohmann, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172:7, 2011 Taxonomic treatment and description were derived from:
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Rhipsalis micrantha f. micrantha 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 | ||||||
| The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. accessed on 2025-01-07 | Website | 2024 | ||||||
| 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 | |
| A New Location for Rhipsalis micrantha (Knuth) A.P. de Candolle in Peru | Jorge Romero | Journal Article | The Cactus Explorer | 2016 | 15 | 37-40 | ||
| 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 | ||
| New records of Rhipsalis micrantha (kunth) dc. (cactaceae) for the departments of valle del cauca, quindio and risaralda (Colombia) | Johan Home | Journal Article | Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural | 2015 | 19 | 74-79 | ||
| 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 of tribe Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae) and taxonomic implications for Schlumbergera and Hatiora | Alice Calvente, Daniela C. Zappi, Félix Forest, Lúcia G. Lohmann | Journal Article | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2011 | 58 | 3 | 456-468 | |
| 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: Atlas of illustrations | David Hunt, Nigel P. Taylor, Graham Charles | Book | 2006 | 104-120 | DH Books | |||
| The New Cactus Lexicon: Text | David Hunt, Nigel P. Taylor, Graham Charles | Book | 2006 | 138-139,142-143,253-257 | DH Books | |||
| Re-classification of Rhipsalideae, A Polyphyletic Tribe of the Cactaceae Durande | Alexander B. Doweld | Journal Article | Succulents | 2001 | 4 | 1-2 | ||
| Die Gattung Rhipsalis GAERTNER - Vielfalt, Verbreitung und Kultur | E. Steinberg | Journal Article | EPIG | 1999 | 11 | 1 | 14-20 | |
| 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 | |
| Bericht über zwei Vorträge von Myron Kimnach und Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Barthlott über ihre Ansichten zur Gattungsgliederung innerhalb der epiphytischen Kakteen | Ralf Bauer | Journal Article | EPIG | 1991 | 3 | 4 | 64-71 | |
| Rhipsalis rauhiorum Barthlott – ein schöner Epiphyt aus Südamerika | Ralf Bauer | Journal Article | Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten | 1989 | 10 | 12 | 308-309 | |
| New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) | Wilhelm Barthlott | Journal Article | Bradleya | 1987 | 5 | 97-100 | ||
| 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 | |
| Über Rhipsalis tonduzii WEBER und eine seltsame Schatzsuche | Clarence Kl. Horich | Journal Article | Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten | 1982 | 33 | 5 | 93-95 | |
| Der Rhipsalis micrantha (HBK)DC-Komplex in Ecuador und Peru | Wilhelm Barthlott | 1974 | ||||||
| Cactus Lexicon | Curt Backeberg, Walther Haage | Book | 1966 | 205,220-222,440-449, 647, 750 | Blandford Press Ltd. (1966-1973) | |||
| Über Rhipsalis - II. Teil: Die Heimat | Erich Schäfer | Journal Article | Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten | 1962 | 13 | 6 | 86-89 | |
| The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family | Nathaniel Lord Britton, Mary E. Eaton, N. J. Rose, Helen Adelaide Wood | Book | 1923 | 4 | 208-247 | Carnegie Institution of Washington | ||
| Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro | Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro | Book | 1915 | 1 | 61-105 | Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botanico | ||
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| Handbuch der Kakteenkultur : kurze Beschreibung der meisten gegenwärtig im Handel befindlichen Kakteen, nebst Angabe zu deren Pflege für Gärtner und Kakteenliebhaber zusammengestellt | Ernst Schelle | Book | 1907 | 226-233 | Stuttgart, E. Ulmer, 1907 | |||
| Icones Selectae Horti Thenensis | M. Èm. de Wildeman | Book | 1904 | 5 | 135-137 | |||
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Reduced Synonyms
| Name | Reduced by | Published Date | Published In |
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| Cactus micranthus Kunth | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1823 | Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 65. 1823 |
| Hariota micrantha (Kunth) Kuntze | Britton & Rose (1923) | 1891 | Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 263. 1891 |
| Rhipsalis wercklei A.Berger | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1906 | Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 64. 1906 |