Characteristics
Dicots
Rhipsalis baccifera (Sol.)Stearn
MISTLETOE CACTUS
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The widely used name R. baccifera has been proposed for conservation against the earlier name Rhipsalis parasitica (Mottram & Hoxey 2020; Taylor & Zappi 2020).
Native
Endangered-State
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Citation
RHIPSALIS BACCIFERA (Solander) Stearn, Cact. J. (Croydon) 7: 107. 1939.
Cassytha baccifera Solander 1771.
Without data (lectotype: J. S. Miller, Ill. Syst. Sex. Linnaei, Class IX, Ord. 1. t. 29. 1771). Lectotypified by L. D. Benson, Cacti U.S. Canada 933. 1982.
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Rhipsalis baccifera
- Roger Hammer
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