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The genus Rhipsalis is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Rhipsalis

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Rhipsalis aculeata F.A.C. Weber	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis aethiopica Welw.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis agudoensis N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis alboareolata F.Ritter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis aurea M.F.Freitas & J.M.A.Braga	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Rhipsalis bambusoides F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis bauchienii Guillaumin & Poup.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis boliviana (Britton) Lauterb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis brevibarbis K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis brevispina (Barthlott) Kimnach	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis burchellii Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis calamiformis Pfeiff.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis campos-portoana Loefgr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis carnosa Vöcht.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis cassythopsis Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis cassythoydes Loefgr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis cereoides (Backeb. & Voll) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis cereuscula Haw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis chloroptera F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis chrysantha Loefgr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis chrysocarpa Loefgr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis clavata F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis clavellina F.Ritter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis conferta Salm-Dyck	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis crenata (Britton) Vaupel	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis crispa C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis crispata (Haw.) Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis crispimarginata Loefgr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis cuneata Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis cylindrica Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis densiareolata Loefgr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis dichotoma (DC.) Don	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis dissimilis (G.Lindb.) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Rhipsalis dusenii Hjelmq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis echinata Pfeiff.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis elliptica G.Lindb. ex K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis ensiformis F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis epiphyllanthoides Backeb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis ewaldiana Barthlott & N.P.Taylor	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis fastigiata Hjelmq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis floccosa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Rhipsalis floribunda Schott ex K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis flosculosa F.Ritter	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis foveolata F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis funalis Salm-Dyck ex DC.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis gaermeri Vaupel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis gaertneri (Regel) Vaupel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis goebeliana Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis gonocarpa F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis × graeseri Werderm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis grandiflora Haw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis guineensis A.Chev.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis hoelleri Barthlott & N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis hookeriana (DC.) Don	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis horrida Baker	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis houlletii Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis hylaea F. Ritter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis incachacana Cárdenas	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis juengeri Barthlott & N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis kirbergii Barthlott	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis knightii C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis lagenaria Vöcht.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis lindbergiana K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis lorentziana Griseb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis macropogon K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis maricaensis Scheinvar	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides Haw.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis mesembryanthoides Haw.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis micrantha (Kunth) DC.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis miquelii Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis mittleri C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis monacantha Griseb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis myosurus C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis myosurus K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis neocassutha Y.Itô	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis neves-armondii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis oblonga Loefgr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis occidentalis Barthlott & Rauh	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis olivifera N.P.Taylor & Zappi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis ormindoi N.P. Taylor & Zappi	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis pacheco-leonis Loefgr.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Rhipsalis pachyptera Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis paradoxa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Rhipsalis paranganiensis (Cárdenas) Kimnach	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis pendula Vöcht.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis pentagona C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis pentaptera Pfeiff. ex A. Dietr.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis pilocarpa Loefgr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis platycarpa (Zucc.) Pfeiff.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis pterocarpa F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis pterocaulis C.F.Först.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis pulchra Loefgr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis puniceodiscus G.Lindb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis radicans F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis rhombea (Salm-Dyck) Pfeiff.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis riedeliana Regel	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis rigida Loefgr.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis riocampanensis Madsen & Z.Aguirre	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis robusta H.Lindb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis robusta Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis russellii Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis sansibarica F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis setulosa F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis simmleri Beauverd	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis spatulata Otto ex Sweet	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis suarezesis Weber, selon Britton & Rose	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis sulcata F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis teres (Vell.) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis tonduzii F.A.C. Weber	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Rhipsalis triangularis Werderm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis trigona Pfeiff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis trigonoidea Hoehne	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis turpinii Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis undulata Pfeiff.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis virgata F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Rhipsalis zanzibarica F.A.C.Weber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 263 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rhipsalis. Of these 52 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rhipsalis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 263 species names for the genus Rhipsalis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	52	19.8%
◕	Synonym	129	49.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	82	31.2%

All names

The status of the 297 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rhipsalis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	61	20.5%
◕	Synonym	154	51.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	82	27.6%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 263 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rhipsalis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	47	105	0	0	152	57.8%
	Low confidence	5	24	0	82	111	42.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Rhipsalis is as follows: