Lepismium lumbricoides f aculeatum
(Web)Barth&Taylor
◊ Bradleya 13:48 (1995)
◊◊ Rhipsalis aculeata Web - Rev. Hort. 64:428 (1892)
Rhipsalis lumbricoides aculeata (Web) Kimn - CSJ(USA) 68():156 (1996)
Ophiorhipsalis lumbricoides ssp aculeata (Web)Dwld) - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):39 (2002)
- Bushy, branched, with aerial roots. Stems cylindric, stiff, green. Areoles 3 4 mm apart. Spines 8-10, stiff, yellowish, 3-4 mm long. Flower lateral, white, 2 cm long, 1.5 cm diameter. Filaments white. Ovary round, with some scales. Fruit dark red, 5-6 mm diameter. Seed spindle-shaped, brown, 1-1.2 mm long.
- Argentina: Catamarca, Tucumán (T).
Cact. 4: 231, plate 24
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Backeberg 2:663
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Ritter 247
KuaS 23(2):52"
◊ Bradleya 13:48 (1995)
◊◊ Rhipsalis aculeata Web - Rev. Hort. 64:428 (1892)
Rhipsalis lumbricoides aculeata (Web) Kimn - CSJ(USA) 68():156 (1996)
Ophiorhipsalis lumbricoides ssp aculeata (Web)Dwld) - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):39 (2002)
- Bushy, branched, with aerial roots. Stems cylindric, stiff, green. Areoles 3 4 mm apart. Spines 8-10, stiff, yellowish, 3-4 mm long. Flower lateral, white, 2 cm long, 1.5 cm diameter. Filaments white. Ovary round, with some scales. Fruit dark red, 5-6 mm diameter. Seed spindle-shaped, brown, 1-1.2 mm long.
- Argentina: Catamarca, Tucumán (T).
Cact. 4: 231, plate 24
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Backeberg 2:663
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Ritter 247
KuaS 23(2):52"