Rhipsalis pulchra Loefgr.
Images | Description | Publications | Reduced Synonyms
Bonn 5924, Parque Estadual Florestal do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, D. Zappi – material sampled, Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012
AH 781, Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AH 690, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AH 797, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, type location
AH 701, Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Serra da Bocaina, border between São Paulo, Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A 94, Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Utrecht University Botanic Gardens
Botanical illustrations and historical images
Description
| The accepted name Rhipsalis pulchra Loefgr. was published in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 75-76, tab. 5. 1915. The geographic range is Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo) found at elevations of 1500-2500 meters with an endangered status of least concern. Rhipsalis pulchra is classified in the subgenus Erythrorhipsalis. Observed growing as an epiphyte. Overall habit is pendant, branches are monomorphic (single stem shape) and acrotonic or subacrotonic (stems form from the tips and just below tips of previous stems). Stems are round, bristles are absent. Main stems are indeterminate (seasonal growth is various lengths), 20cm-50cm x 0.3cm-0.4cm. Flowers are campanulate (bell shaped), 1.5cm x 1.5cm. Petals from 13 to 14, sepal count is unreported. Inner petals are white, pink or magenta, outer petals are green, pink, magenta, red or purple. Stamen are yellow, orange or red, 70. Stigma lobes from 4 to 5. Flower ovary is globose or obconical, 0.4cm-0.6cm x 0.5cm-0.6cm. Flowering position on the stem is lateral to apical and the flower orientation in relation to the stem is oblique or parallel. Does not 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, pink, magenta or red. Ripe fruit is globose or subglobose; white, pink, magenta, red or purple, 0.5cm-0.8cm x 0.5cm-0.75cm. Other notable features: Quite often historically described as a bridge or intermediate between species under subgenera Erythrorhipsalis and some indeterminate subacrotonic branching species in Calamorhipsalis. Nadja Korotkova proposes it may be the result of an ancient hybridization event, and indicates it is most closely related to R. burchellii1. Comments: Material Sampled, Calvente 232, RJ, Brazil (SPF), in Molecular Phylogeny, Evolution, and Biogeography of South American Epiphytic Cacti2 1Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Nadja Korotkova, Ph.D. Thesis, 2012 2Molecular 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 pulchra 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 | ||||||
| Updated List of the Flora of the Serra Dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil | Marcus Alberto Nadruz Coelho, Cecilia Faria Cronemberger | 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) |
| Rhipsalis, cactussen uit het tropische woud 6 | Aat van Uijen | Journal Article | Succulenta | 2020 | 99 | 2 | 62-67 | |
| 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 | |||||
| Cactaceae na Serra da Mantiqueira, Brasil | Diego Rafael Gonzaga, Luiz Menini Neto, Ariane Luna Peixoto | Journal Article | Rodriguésia | 2020 | 71 | |||
| Flora do Rio de Janeiro: Cactaceae | Maria de Fátima Freitas, Alice Calvente, Diego Rafael Gonzaga | Journal Article | Rodriguésia | 2020 | 71 | |||
| A Journey Over the Organ Mountains in Brazil | Andreas Hofacker | Journal Article | The Cactus Explorer | 2018 | 23 | 48-62 | ||
| Cactaceae no Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brasil | Diego Rafael Gonzaga, Luiz Menini Neto, Ariane Luna Peixoto | Journal Article | Rodriguésia | 2017 | 68 | 4 | 1397-1410 | |
| 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 | ||
| Minas Gerais -- Epiphytes of Ibitipoca State Park (version 1, 11/2015), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org | Samyra Gomes Furtado, Camila Nardy, Andressa Cabral, Luiz Menini Neto | Website | 2015 | |||||
| Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo & Espírito Santo -- Cactaceae of Serra da Mantiqueira (version 1, 11/2015), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org | Diego Rafael Gonzaga, Ariane Luna Peixoto, Luiz Menini Neto | Website | 2015 | |||||
| Anatomy of Rhipsalis subgenus Erythrorhipsalis A. Berger (Rhipsalideae, Cactaceae) | Carolina Helena Silva, Alice Calvente, André Soller, Leila Maranho, María Regina Torres-Boeger, Patricia Soffiatti | Journal Article | Iheringia - Serie Botanica | 2013 | 68 | 2 | 249-259 | |
| Minas Gerais - Cactaceae of Ibitipoca State Park (version 2, 12/2020), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org | Diego Rafael Gonzaga, Samyra Gomes Furtado, Daniela C. Zappi, Luiz Menini Neto | Website | 2013 | |||||
| Minas Gerais -- Epífitas Vasculares da Serra do Cruz (version 1, 4/2013), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org | Fernanda Eliane Alves, Ricardo Ottoni Silva, Luiz Menini Neto | Website | 2013 | |||||
| Minas Gerais -- Serra do Papagaio - Epiphytes (version 1, 10/2013), fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org | Samyra Gomes Furtado, Luiz Menini Neto | Website | 2013 | |||||
| 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 | |
| Rhipsalis aurea M. F. Freitas & J. M. A. Braga - eine bemerkenswerte neue Art aus Brasilien | Andreas Hofacker | Journal Article | EPIG | 2011 | 68 | 21-25 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Cactaceae | Daniela C. Zappi, Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona, Nigel P. Taylor | Journal Article | Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo | 2007 | 5 | 180-193 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Cacti of Eastern Brazil | Nigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. Zappi | Book | 2004 | The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | ||||
| Taxonomy and Phytogeography of the Cactaceae of Eastern Brazil | Nigel P. Taylor | Ph.D. Thesis | 2000 | |||||
| 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 | 1915 | 1 | 61-105 | Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botanico |
Reduced Synonyms
| Name | Reduced by | Published Date | Published In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erythrorhipsalis pulchra (Loefgr.) Doweld | Korotkova (2021) | 2002 | Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 31. 2002 ["2001"] |