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Lepismium pittieri (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 2: 692. 1959
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Rhipsalis floccosa subs. pittieri (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 13: 55 (1995)

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Rhipsalis floccosa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
Enum. Diagn. Cact. 134 1837.
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Rhipsalis floccosa subs. hohenauensis (F.Ritter) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 13: 57 1995.
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Rhipsalis floccosa subs. oreophila N.P.Taylor & Zappi
Cactaceae Consensus Init. Init. 6: 7, nom. nov. 1998
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Rhipsalis floccosa subs. pittieri (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 13: 55 (1995)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Rhipsalis floccosa subs. pulvinigera (G.Lindb.) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 13: 55 (1995):
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Rhipsalis floccosa subs. tucumanensis (F.A.C.Weber) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 13: 57 (1995)
Synonymy: 5
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Rhipsalis floccosa group

  • Rhipsalis floccosa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.: (subsp. floccosa) has green stems, rather small greenish white flowers to 12 mm across, and white fruits. Distribution: NE and SE Brazil.
  • Rhipsalis floccosa subs. hohenauensis (F.Ritter) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor: has golden yellow flowers and white fruits. Distribution: E Paraguay, Argentina, and S Brazil.
  • Rhipsalis floccosa subs. oreophila N.P.Taylor & Zappi: has cylindrical stem segments with no tubercles, and very small flowers. Distribution: highlands of central Bahia and N Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  • Rhipsalis floccosa subs. pittieri (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor: has more slender stem segments, and smaller flowers and fruits. Distribution: Venezuela.
  • Rhipsalis floccosa subs. pulvinigera (G.Lindb.) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor: has stem segments tinged red, larger flowers that maybe more than 18 mm in diameter, and pinkish fruits. SE and S Brazil.
  • Rhipsalis floccosa subs. tucumanensis (F.A.C.Weber) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor: is similar to subsp. pulvinigera but has green stems, and larger red or white fruits to 10 mm in diameter. E Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

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