Synonyms
Cactus pendulus Swartz - Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 77 (1788)
Rhipsalis parasitica Haw - synoniem. Pl. Succ. 187 (1812)
Rhipsalis cassythoides Löfgr non GDon - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan. 2:40
(1818)
Cactus caripensis HBK - Nov. Gen. Spec. 6:66 (1823)
Cactus pendulus HBK - Nov. Gen. Spec. 6:65 (1823)
Cereus caripensis DC - Prodr. 3:467 (1828)
Rhipsalis cassytha swartziana DC - Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17:80
(1828)
Rhipsalis cassytha mociniana DC - Prodr. 3:476 (1828)
Rhipsalis cassytha hookeriana DC - Prodr. 3:476 (1828)
Rhipsalis cassytha dichotoma DC - Prodr. 3:476 (1828)
Rhipsalis cassytha pendula SD - Hort. Dyck. 371 (1834)
Rhipsalis hookeriana GDon - Gen. Syst. 3:176 (1834)
Rhipsalis dichotoma GDon - Gen. Syst. 3:176 (1834)
Rhipsalis cassythoides GDon - Gen. Syst. 3:176 (1834)
Rhipsalis cassutha pendula SD - Enum. Cact. 134 (1837)
Rhipsalis pendula (Hort)Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 133 (1837)
Rhipsalis undulata Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 156 (1837)
Hariota cassytha Lem - Cact. Gen. Nov. Spec. Nov. 75 (1839)
Cereus parasiticus Haw - Steudel, Nom. 2:1 (1840)
Cereus bacciferus (JSMueller)Hemsl - Biol. Cent. Am. Bot. 1:548 (1880)
Rhipsalis minutiflora KSch - Flora Bras. 4(2):271 (1890)
Hariota parasitica Küntze - Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:262 (1891)
Rhipsalis cassutha rhodocarpa Web - Dict. Hort. Bois 1046 (1898)
Rhipsalis cassythoides Löfgr non GDon - Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Jan. 2:40 (1918)
Rhipsalis bartlettii Clov - Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 65:567 (1938)
Rhipsalis heptagona Rauh&Backbg - DCN 10 (1957)
Rhipsalis cassuthopsis Backb - Cact. 2:660 (1959)
Rhipsalis quellebambensis Johnson - in: KL 393 nom. inval. art. 36.1,
37.1) (1966)
Rhipsalis hylaea Ritt - Ritter 4:1261, 1530" (1981)
Rhipsalis baccifera ssp rhodocarpa (Web)Süpplie - Rhipsalidinae 27
(1990)
Literature
Torreya 9:154 fig. 1 (1919)
Cact. 4:226", plate 27
Am. J. Bot. 42:1 (1955)
BKPK 228, 229" (R. heptagona)
Backeberg 2:647", 659 (R. cassutha)
Backeberg 2:663 (R. minutiflora)
Backeberg 2:666" (R. heptagona)
Bravo 1:527, 528"
Bravo 1:529 (R. bartlettii)
KuaS 13(5):67'; 13(7):114", 115", 116"; 28(3):64
KuaS 25(8):173' (R. minutiflora)
CSJ(USA) 1975 Yearbook 20"
Ritter 4:1262 (R. heptagona)
EPIG 11(1):15"; 11(3):91", 14(1):22", 24"
Bradleya 13:53", 63, 18:20
Bradleya 13:73 (R. parasitica)
NCL 253"
CEB 220, 234''
Succulenta 97(1):39"