Rhipsalis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Rhipsalis

mistletoe cactus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Rhipsalis

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Subordo  Cactineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Cactaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Cactus
  
   Subfamilia  Rhipsalidoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 742, 1130. Jun 1835.
   Tribus  Rhipsalideae DC.
pub. Prodr. 3: 475. mid Mar 1828.
   Genus  Rhipsalis Gaertn.
pub. (1788)
common name: rhipsalis

Named members of the Genus Rhipsalis

1
   Species  baccifera (Soland. ex J. Mill.) Stearn
common name: mistletoe cactus
2
   Species  cassutha Gaertn.
syn. Rhipsalis baccifera

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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