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Bonn 4497, Dr. Kirberg

Utrecht University Botanic Gardens

 
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Description

The accepted name Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis subsp. pacheco-leonis Loefgr. was published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 38. 1918. The geographic range is Brazil (Macaé, Cabo Frio (Iguaba Grande & Búzios) and Pedra da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro) found at elevations of 0-900 meters with an endangered status of endangered. Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis subsp. pacheco-leonis is classified in the subgenus Goniorhipsalis. Observed growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte. Overall habit is pendant, branches are dimorphic (more than one stem shape) and acrotonic or subacrotonic (stems form from the tips and just below tips of previous stems). Stems are round and 6 to 9 angled and 3 to 4 weakly alternating angled, bristles are absent to sparse to dense. Main stems are indeterminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 12cm-100cm x 0.4cm-0.7cm. Flowers are rotate: sub-patent or patent (wheel shaped: partial to wide open), unreported x 0.85cm-1cm. Petals from 5 to 6, sepals 4. Inner petals are white, pink or magenta, outer petals are white, pink or magenta. Stamen are white, from 28 to 41. Stigma lobes from 3 to 4. Flower ovary is subglobose or obconical, unreported x unreported. 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 semi-immersed (flower ovary is partially hidden in the stems during bud development). Trichomes or wool is sparse at the areoles after flowering. Unripe fruit is green, brown or red. Ripe fruit is globose; white, pink or red, unreported x 0.6cm-0.7cm. Other notable features: Ripe fruit often with pink or red ring around the top. Commonly confused with R. dissimilis f. dissimilis, but very easily distinguishable by having long indetermintate 3-4 weakly alternating angled stems and much smaller flowers and fruit. R. pacheco-leonis subsp. pachecho-leonis may be more closely related to R. flagelliformis than it is to R. pacheco-leonis subsp. catenulata1. The current taxonomy for this species might change. 1A remarkable new Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) from eastern Brazil, N. P. Taylor, G. Olsthoorn, D. Zappi, G. Khew, D. Quandt, Bradleya:32, 2014 Comments: Subspecies are 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 subspecies. 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

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Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis subsp. pacheco-leonis referenced publications

Title	Authors	Type	Journal	Year	Volume	Issue	Pages	Publisher
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
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
Rhipsalis, cactussen uit het tropische woud 3	Aat van Uijen	Journal Article	Succulenta	2018	97	4	163-166
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 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
Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae)	Nadja Korotkova	Ph.D. Thesis		2012				Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Der seltsame Binsenkaktus Rhipsalis paradoxa - eine kulturwürdige Art aus Brasilien	Andreas Hofacker	Journal Article	Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten	2011	62	8	202-206
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
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
Cacti of Eastern Brazil	Nigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. Zappi	Book		2004				The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Re-classification of Rhipsalideae, A Polyphyletic Tribe of the Cactaceae Durande	Alexander B. Doweld	Journal Article	Succulents	2001	4	1-2
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
Cactus Lexicon	Curt Backeberg, Walther Haage	Book		1966			205,220-222,440-449, 647, 750	Blandford Press Ltd. (1966-1973)
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		1918	2		34-47	Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botanico

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Reduced Synonyms

Name	Reduced by	Published Date	Published In
Rhipsalis pacheco-leoni Loefgr.	Barthlott & Taylor (1995)	1918	Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 38, pl. 10. 1918
Lepismium pacheco-leonis (Loefgr.) Backeb.	Barthlott & Taylor (1995)	1936	Kaktus-ABC: 154. 1936 ["1935"]
Hylorhipsalis pacheco-leonis (Loefgr.) Doweld	Korotkova (2021)	2002	Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 39. 2002 ["2001"]