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Rhipsalis

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

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Rhipsalis aculeata F.A.C. Weber Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis agudoensis N.P.Taylor Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis boliviana (Britton) Lauterb. Accepted L TRO
Rhipsalis brevispina (Barthlott) Kimnach Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis burchellii Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis campos-portoana Loefgr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis cereoides (Backeb. & Voll) Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis cereuscula Haw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis clavata F.A.C.Weber Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis crenata (Britton) Vaupel Accepted L TRO
Rhipsalis crispata (Haw.) Pfeiff. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis dichotoma (DC.) Don Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis dissimilis (G.Lindb.) K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis elliptica G.Lindb. ex K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis floccosa Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis grandiflora Haw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis hoelleri Barthlott & N.P.Taylor Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis hookeriana (DC.) Don Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis hylaea F. Ritter Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis incachacana Cárdenas Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis juengeri Barthlott & N.P.Taylor Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis kirbergii Barthlott Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis lindbergiana K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis lorentziana Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis micrantha (Kunth) DC. Accepted L TRO
Rhipsalis monacantha Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis neves-armondii K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis oblonga Loefgr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis occidentalis Barthlott & Rauh Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis olivifera N.P.Taylor & Zappi Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis pachyptera Pfeiff. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis paradoxa (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis paranganiensis (Cárdenas) Kimnach Accepted L TRO
Rhipsalis pilocarpa Loefgr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis platycarpa (Zucc.) Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Rhipsalis pulchra Loefgr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis puniceodiscus G.Lindb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis rhombea (Salm-Dyck) Pfeiff. Accepted L TRO
Rhipsalis teres (Vell.) Steud. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rhipsalis trigona Pfeiff. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 203 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rhipsalis. Of these 41 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 21 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 203 species names for the genus Rhipsalis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 41 20.2%
Synonym 83 40.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 79 38.9%

All names

The status of the 224 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rhipsalis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 50 22.3%
Synonym 94 42.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 80 35.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 203 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 36 74 0 0 110 54.2%
Low confidence 5 9 0 79 93 45.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Rhipsalis, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 17 62 0 1 0 80 39.4%
WCSP (in review) 24 21 0 78 0 123 60.6%