Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott
Images | Description | Publications | Reduced Synonyms
Gabon, Africa, Uwe S.
Madagascar, Africa
Côte d’Ivoire, Africa
Bonn 4437, Road from Masvingo to Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, D. Supthut
Description
| The accepted name Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott was published in Bradleya 5: 100. 1987. The geographic range is Tropical Africa (Sierre Leone and Ethiopia southwards to Angola and E South Africa), Madagascar, Comores, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Sri Lanka found at elevations of 0-1700 meters with an endangered status of least concern. Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. mauritiana is classified in the subgenus Rhipsalis. Observed growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte. 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 round, bristles are absent to sparse. Basal stems are indeterminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 14cm-60cm x 0.5cm-0.7cm. Main stems are determinate (seasonal growth is about the same length), 4cm-9cm x 0.2cm-0.4cm. Flowers are rotate: sub-patent, patent or reflexed (wheel shaped: partial to wide open to reflexed), 0.5cm-0.8cm x 0.4cm-0.7cm. Petals from 4 to 8, sepals from 1 to 2. Inner petals are white, light-yellow, light-yellow-green, light-green, pink or magenta, outer petals are white, cream, green, pink, brown or red. Stamen are white, from 20 to 25. Stigma lobes from 2 to 4. Flower ovary is globose or ovoid, 0.25cm-0.4cm x 0.25cm-0.35cm. Flowering position on the stem is lateral to subapical and the flower orientation in relation to the stem is perpendicular. Does not repeat flowering per areole. A maximum of 2 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 cream, green, pink, orange or brown. Ripe fruit is globose or ovoid; white, green, pink or red, 0.29cm-0.75cm x 0.26cm-0.6cm. Other notable features: Closely related to1,2 and commonly confused with forms of R. teres, all R. baccifera subspecies can be distinguished by having a flower ovary that is typically longer than the petal parts of the flower during most of the bud of development, flowers are a pale yellow to white as they die, and remain attached to the flower ovary. R. baccifera subsp. mauritiana typically has more stout stems. In a juvenile state this species is commonly covered in soft bristles. Certain species can be more prone to producing betalains that color the stems reddish in higher light conditions, R. baccifera subsp. mauritiana is one of them, however stem color is not a good identifying characteristic for any species. It is highly inconsistent within the species populations. This species sometimes has reddish or purplish coloring around the areoles but that is not good identifying characteristic as R. puniceodiscus, R. neves-armondii, R. grandiflora, R. floccosa, and R. ewaldiana at least, also inconsistently exhibit this characteristic. 1Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012 2Molecular phylogeny, evolution and systematics of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae), Alice Calvente, Ph.D. Thesis, 2010 Comments: Subspecies 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 subspecies. Taxonomic treatment and description were derived from:
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Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. mauritiana referenced publications
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| Epifytische cactussen, rhipsalis.eu. Accessed on: 15 Jan. 2025 | Aat van Uijen | Website | 2025 | |||||
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| 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 2 | Aat van Uijen | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2018 | 97 | 1 | 39-44 | |
| 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 | ||
| Cactaceae | Salvador Arias, Susana Gama-López, L. Ulises Guzmán-Cruz, Balbina Vázquez-Benítez | Journal Article | Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlá | 2012 | 95 | 167-169 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | |
| 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 | ||
| Morfología de semillas, poliploidia y la historia evolutiva de el cactus epifito Rhipsalis baccifera (Cactaceae) | J. Hugo Cota-Sánchez, Márcia C. Bomfim-Patrício | Journal Article | Polibotánica | 2010 | 107-129 | |||
| 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 | |||
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| Standorte und Wuchsformen von Rhipsalis baccifera (Miller) Stearn in Madagaskar | M. Grubenmann | Journal Article | EPIG | 1992 | 4 | 3 | 64-68 | |
| New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) | Wilhelm Barthlott | Journal Article | Bradleya | 1987 | 5 | 97-100 | ||
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Reduced Synonyms
| Name | Reduced by | Published Date | Published In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhipsalis cassytha var. mauritiana DC. | Barthlott (1987) | 1828 | Prodr. 3: 476. 1828 |
| Rhipsalis mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1973 | Inaug.-Dissert.: 80. 1973 |
| Rhipsalis aethiopica Welw. | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1859 | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 152. 1859 |
| Rhipsalis comorensis F.A.C.Weber | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1892 | Rev. Hort. (Paris) 64: 424. 1892 |
| Rhipsalis zanzibarica F.A.C.Weber | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1892 | Rev. Hort. (Paris) 64: 425. 1892 |
| Rhipsalis baccifera f. zanzibarica (F.A.C.Weber) | Korotkova (2021) | 1994 | P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 124. 1994 |
| Rhipsalis sansibarica F.A.C.Weber | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1892 | Rev. Hort. (Paris) 64: 425. 1892 |
| Rhipsalis guineensis A.Chev. | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1920 | Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. I: 299. 1920 |
| Rhipsalis pendulina A.Berger | Barthlott & Taylor (1995) | 1920 | Mitt. f. Kaktfr. 30(1): 1. 1920 |
| Rhipsalis mauritiana var. ellipticarpa Barthlott | Korotkova (2021) | 1973 | Inaug.-Dissert.: 80. 1973 |
| Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. fortdauphinensis Süpplie | Kew WCVP (2019) | 1996 | Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 14: 90. 1996 |