Accession Data:
Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides Haworth
subg. Rhipsalis
- Common Name: Clumpy Mistletoe Cactus
- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Habitat: an epiphyte on trees in public parks
- Description: Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides is an epiphytic plant with strong stems covered by tiny branchlets. Initially this plant grows erect, later it is pendent, branching free. The main branches are elongated, cylindrical and woody, up to 20 cm long and 1 to 2 mm in diameter. The white flowers appear at areoles of the branchlets. The berries which adorn the leafy segmented stems are white and almost transparent.5
Today it is only known from public parks in Rio de Janeiro. The species is therefore listed as Criticially Endangered and it is potentially extinct in the wild as it no longer occurs in any natural habitat even though it has colonized the urban areas.4
- USDA Zone: 10a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198502048
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-15-2024
- Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Species
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
- IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Species
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Rhipsalideae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast
References (external):
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides at Rhipsalis.com. Last accessed Wednesday, 19 December, 2018.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides at The Encyclopedia of Cacti. Last accessed Wednesday, 19 December, 2018.
data regenerated on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:24:10 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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- Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus quadricentralis W/C
- Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus senilis
- Echinocereinae: Echinocereus cinerascens W/C
- Echinocereinae: Echinocereus nivosus
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- Echinocereinae: Lophocereus sp.
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- Echinocereinae: Stenocereus humilis
- Echinocereinae: Stenocereus stellatus
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- Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
- Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum phyllanthus W/C
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Subfamily Maihuenioideae
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Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae
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Tribe Cylindropuntieae
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Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae
Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days