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Cactaceae

Rhipsalidopsis

Rhipsalidopsis rosea (Lagerh.) Britton & Rose

First published in Cact. 4: 209 (1923)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is S. Brazil. It is a succulent epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

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Native to:

Brazil South

Homotypic Synonyms

Hatiora rosea (Lagerh.) Barthlott in Bradleya 5: 100 (1987)
Rhipsalis rosea Lagerh. in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 6: 717 (1912)
Schlumbergera rosea (Lagerh.) Calvente & Zappi in Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 58: 467 (2011)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Hatiora rosea f. remanens (Backeb.) Süpplie in Rhipsalidinae: 64 (1990), basionym not validly publ.
Rhipsalidopsis rosea var. remanens Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 6: 3646 (1962), not validly publ.
Rhipsalidopsis rosea var. riograndensis Prestlé in Succulenta (Netherlands) 70: 107 (1991)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Caryophyllales

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Family
Cactaceae

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Genus
Rhipsalidopsis

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Species
Rhipsalidopsis rosea

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Soller, A., Soffiatti, P., Calvente, A. & Goldenberg, R. (2014). Cactaceae no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguésia 65: 201-219.

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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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