Coral cactus (Rhipsalis cereuscula)
Description
Rhipsalis cereuscula grows epiphytic shrubby to bushy with mostly hanging, richly branched shoots with limited growth and reaches a length of up to 60 centimeters. At the shoot tips sit composite areoles . The shoots are clearly zweigestaltig. The cylindrical, almost turning main drives are 10 to 30 centimeters long and have a diameter of 3 to 5 millimeters. The side shoots form wide spreading tufts. They are four- to fünfkantig, 1 to 3 inches long and also reach a diameter of 3 to 4 millimeters. The areoles are occupied by two to four bristles. The bell-shaped, white flowers appear at the shoot tips. They are 8 to 15 mm long and measure 10 to 20 mm in diameter. The obovate fruits are white. Rhipsalis cereuscula is distributed in the east and south of Brazil, in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina at altitudes of 200 to 1400 meters. The first description was made in 1830 by Adrian Hardy Haworth . A nomenklatorisches synonym is Erythrorhipsalis cereuscula (Haw.) Volgin . Another synonym is Rhipsalis penduliflora N.E.Br. (1877). In the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species the species is referred to as " Least Concern (LC) ", i. H. as not endangered.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Rhipsalis
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