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(Last Modified On 11/29/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/29/2012)
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Species
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RHIPSALIS CASSYTHA Gaertn.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fruct. Sem. 1:137. 1788
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Reference
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Britton & Rose, in Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. No. 248. 4:225. 1923, as cassutha.
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Synonym
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Cactus pendulus Sw. Prodr. 77. 1788. Rhipsalis parasitica Haw. Syn. P1. Succ. 187. 1812. Hariota cassytha (Gaertn.) Lem. Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 75. 1839.
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Description
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Pendulous, usually epiphytic succulents up to 9 m. long; stem joints terete, dichotomous or in false whorls, yellowish green, about 2-3 mm. thick when young, the areoles very inconspicuous, glabrous to minutely puberulent. Flowers lateral, solitary, greenish white, the perianth segments about 2 mm. long. Berry globose, white (rarely pink), about 5 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
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Throughout tropical America, apparently also in Ceylon and tropical Africa. Very frequent in Panama.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Water Valley, Von Wedel 649, i670; Little Bocas, Von Wedel 2529; Pumpkin River, Von Wedel 2584; Isla Col6n, Von Wedel 2924. CANAL ZONE: vicinity of Madden Dam and Alahuela, alt. 80-100 m., Hunter l! Allen 787; Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 447; Bas Obispo, Verner s. n.; Gatu'n Lake, Rowlee d Rowlee 405; Balboa, Standley 28546.
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