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Cactaceae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Browningieae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Pachycereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereeae

Subfamily Maihuenioideae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Pterocacteae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae

Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae

W/C = Wild Collected
Rhipsalis cereuscula Haworth

  • Common Name: Coral Cactus
  • Family: Cactaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: central Brazil to Uraguay
  • Habitat: epiphyte in Atlantic and seasonal forest, 250 - 1700 m altitude

Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198800104
  • Source: Chamberland
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1988
  • Bench: 1321 - NEO:Atlantic Forest A
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2013
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • SubFamily: Cactoideae
  • Tribe: Rhipsalideae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Rhipsalis.com - last visited 11/18/03

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