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Images | Description | Publications | Reduced Synonyms

A 81, La Pajcha (near Samaipata), Bolivia

Samaipata, Bolivia, Utrecht University Botanic Gardens

Bonn 12956, Villa Tunari, Bolivia – material sampled, Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012

Bonn 6981, Villa Remedios, Yungas, Bolivia, M. Miyagawa

HBG 51696, Tarija, Bolivia

Utrecht University Botanic Gardens

Commercial clone

Unknown clone

Unknown clone

Botanical illustrations and historical images

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Description

The accepted name Rhipsalis tucumanensis F. A. C. Weber was published in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 64: 426. 1892. The geographic range is Eastern Andes of Peru (Junln), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman, Catamarca) found at elevations of 700-1725 meters with an endangered status of data deficient. Rhipsalis tucumanensis is classified in the subgenus Calamorhipsalis. Observed growing as an epiphyte. Overall habit is pendant, branches are monomorphic (single stem shape) and acrotonic (stems form from the tips of previous stems). Stems are round, bristles are absent to sparse. Main stems are determinate (seasonal growth is about the same length), 6cm-25cm x 0.4cm-1cm. Flowers are rotate: sub-patent or patent (wheel shaped: partial to wide open), 1.2cm-1.3cm x 1cm-1.8cm. Petals from 8 to 11, sepals from 4 to 5. Inner petals are white, cream or cream-green, outer petals are white, cream, green or pink. Stamen are white, from 50 to 60. Stigma lobes from 4 to 5. Flower ovary is subglobose or obconical, 0.3cm-0.48cm x 0.4cm-0.5cm. 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 2 flowers were reported at a single areole. Areole position in the stems is deeply immersed (flower ovary is partially or fully hidden in the stems during bud development). Trichomes or wool is dense at the areoles after flowering. Unripe fruit is green, brown or red. Ripe fruit is globose, subglobose or obconical-globose; white, pink or red, 0.23cm-1cm x 0.8cm-1cm. Other notable features: Ripe fruit sometimes has a pinkish ring at the top. At one time classified as a subspecies of R. floccosa, but found to be more closely related to R. floccosa subsp. oreophila (likely to be reclassified), and R. dissimilis f. epiphyllanthoides (also likely to be reclassified)1. Fruit is much larger, stems are typically thicker, and flowers do not have a yellow tint often seen in R. floccosa subsp. floccosa, R. floccosa subsp. hohenauensis, and R. floccosa subsp. pulvinigera. 1Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012 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 tucumanensis 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
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)
Rhipsalis, cactussen uit het tropische woud 4	Aat van Uijen	Journal Article	Succulenta	2018	97	5	220-226
Rhipsalis spinescens Lombardi - eine kritische Bewertung unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde	Andreas Hofacker	Journal Article	EPIG	2017	79		5-15
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
Molecular cytogenetic insights into the evolution of the epiphytic genus Lepismium (Cactaceae) and related genera	Natalia C. Moreno, Leonardo D. Amarilla, María L. Las Peñas, Gabriel Bernardello	Journal Article	Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society	2015	177	2	263-277
Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae)	Nadja Korotkova	Ph.D. Thesis		2012				Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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 genus Rhipsalis	A. J. S. McMillan	Journal Article	CactusWorld	2007	25	1	21-23
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
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 2	Pierre Ibisch	Journal Article	EPIG	1998	10	1	3-12
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
Cactaceae of South America: The Ritter Collections	Urs Eggli, Mélica Muñoz Schick, Beat Ernst Leuenberger	Book	Englera	1995	16		15, 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. Taylor	Journal Article	Bradleya	1995	13		43-79	British Cactus and Succulent Society
Chromosome numbers in the tribe Rhipsalinae (Cactaceae)	T. W. J. Gadella, E. Kliphuis, J. Naber	Journal Article	Botaniska notiser	1979	3		294
Cactus Lexicon	Curt Backeberg, Walther Haage	Book		1966			205,220-222,440-449, 647, 750	Blandford Press Ltd. (1966-1973)
Genera et Species Plantarum Argentinarum	A. Castellanos, H. V. Lelong	Book		1943	1		51
Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia"	Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"	Book		1923	32			Buenos Aires, Imprenta y Casa Editora Coni
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
Hortus Mortolensis : enumeratio plantarum in Horto Mortolensi cultarum = Alphabetical catalogue of plants growing in the garden of the late Sir Thomas Hanbury ... at La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy	Giardino Botanico Hanbury, Alwin Berger	Book		1912			272-273	London, West, Newman, 1912
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
Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen (Monographia cactacearum)	Karl Schumann, Karl Hirscht	Book		1899			618-650	Neudamm [Dębno, Poland?], J. Neumann, 1899
Dictionnaire d'horticulture illustré	D. Bois	Book		1893			1045-1048	P. Klincksieck
Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde	Karl Schumann	Book		1893	3		8-12,22-27,33-35,69,91	Neudamm, J. Neumann
Revue horticole		Book		1892	Anne 1892		424-429	Paris, Librairie agricole de la maison rustique, 1829-1974
Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina	Sociedad Científica Argentina, Congreso Científico Latino Americano, Congreso Científico Internacional Americano, Congreso Científico Internacional Americano (Buenos Aires - Argentina)	Book		1876	99		144-117	Sociedad Científica Argentina

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Reduced Synonyms

Name	Reduced by	Published Date	Published In
Hariota tucumanensis (F.A.C.Weber) Kuntze	Kiesling & al. (2014)	1898	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 107. 1898
Lepismium tucumanense (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.	Kiesling & al. (2014)	1936	Kaktus-ABC: 155. 1936 ["1935"]
Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. tucumanensis (F.A.C.Weber) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor	Kiesling & al. (2014)	1995	Bradleya 13: 57. 1995
Hylorhipsalis floccosa subsp. tucumanensis (F.A.C.Weber) Doweld	Kiesling & al. (2014)	2002	Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 37. 2002 ["2001"]