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Synonyms
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Internal ID UUID643ff859006d2202356519
Scientific name Rhipsalis baccifera
Authority (Sol. ex J.S.Muell.) Stearn
First published in in Cact. J. (Croydon) 7(4): 107. 1939.

Description Top

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Rhipsalis baccifera, also known as the mistletoe cactus, is a type of cactus that is native to Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Florida. It is also found in parts of Africa and Sri Lanka. This cactus is unique because it is the only species of cactus that is naturally found outside of the Americas. There are two theories about how it spread to other parts of the world - either through migratory birds or through European ships trading between South America and Africa. This cactus has many subspecies and has been subject to confusion and disagreement in its taxonomy, but was clarified by scientists in 1995.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Rhipsalis pendula Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 133. 1837.
Rhipsalis pendula (Sw.) Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 432. 1827.
Rhipsalis neocassutha Y.Itô Cactaceae: 103. 1981.
Rhipsalis cassythopsis Backeb. Cactaceae 2: 660. 1959.
Cactus caripensis Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 66. 1823.
Cactus epidendrum L. Amoen. Acad., Schreb.: 257. 1787.
Cactus fasciculatus Willd. Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 33. 1814.
Cactus parasiticus L. Syst. Nat. 2: 1054, no. 12A. 1759.
Cactus parasiticus Lam. Encycl. 1(2): 541. 1785.
Cactus pendulus Sw. Prodr.: 77. 1788.
Cactus quadrangularis Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 181. 1812.
Cassytha baccifera J.S.Muell. Ill. Syst. Sex. Linnaei class. 9: Ordo 1. 1771 [Dec 1771] (as Cassyta)
Cassytha filiformis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]
Cassytha polysperma Aiton ex Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. 137.
Cereus bacciferus Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 548. 1880.
Cereus caripensis (Kunth) DC. Prodr. 3: 467. 1828.
Cereus parasiticus Haw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 335. 1840.
Hariota fasciculata (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 262. 1891.
Rhipsalis fasciculata (Willd.) Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 83. 1819.
Rhipsalis parasitica (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 187. 1812.
Rhipsalis madagascariensis var. dasycerca F.A.C.Weber Lamb Collect. Cact.: 73. 1908.
Cereus baccifer Hook. in Bot. Mag. 58: t. 3080. 1831.
Cactus garipensis Kunth Syn. Pl. 3: 370. 1824.
Rhipsalis caripensis (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 622. 1899.
Cassytha baccifera Sol. ex J.S.Muell. Ill. Syst. Sex. Linnaei: classis 9, ordo 1, t. 29. 1771.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. fasciculata (Willd.) Süpplie in Tijdschr. Liefhebb. Cact. Vetpl. Kamerpl. 9: 136. 1996.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. rhodocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Süpplie Rhipsalidinae: 27. 1990.
Rhipsalis cassutha Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 137, t. 28. 1788.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. mocinoana DC. Prodr. 3: 476. 1828.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. pendula (Sw.) Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 134. 1837.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. rhodocarpa F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort. 2: 1046. 1898.
Rhipsalis cassytha var. swartziana DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 80. 1828.
Rhipsalis parasiticus (Lam.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 187. 1812.

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Language Common/alternative name
English mistletoe cactus
English cactus mistletoe
Afrikaans bostou
Japanese リプサリス・バッキフェラ
Dutch maretakcactus
Punjab رہپسالس بیکیفرا
Swedish korallkaktus
Chinese 丝苇
Chinese 絲葦

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Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. baccifera
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. cleistogama M.Kessler, Ibisch & Barthlott in Bradleya 18: 22. 2000.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. erythrocarpa (K.Schum.) Barthlott in Bradleya 5: 100. 1987.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. horrida (Baker) Barthlott in Bradleya 5: 100. 1987.
Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott in Bradleya 5: 100. 1987.

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000399853
Florida Plant Atlas 901
USDA Plants RHBA2
Tropicos 5100094
INPN 630544
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:219250-2
The Plant List kew-2417784
Open Tree Of Life 142063
NCBI Taxonomy 722799
Nature Serve 2.134604
IUCN Red List 62378
IPNI 219250-2
iNaturalist 119900
GBIF 3084036
Freebase /m/0h7bpf
EPPO RPSBA
EOL 594966
USDA GRIN 407116
Wikipedia Rhipsalis_baccifera

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10896657
doi:10.1155/2024/6678557
PMID:38410808
Contrasting Pollination Strategies and Breeding Systems in Two Native Useful Cacti from Southern Brazil Becker R, Báez OP, Singer RF, Singer RB Plants (Basel) 13-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10053946
doi:10.3390/plants12061298
PMID:36986986
Plastome variations reveal the distinct evolutionary scenarios of plastomes in the subfamily Cereoideae (Cactaceae) Yu J, Li J, Zuo Y, Qin Q, Zeng S, Rennenberg H, Deng H BMC Plant Biol 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9993602
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04148-4
PMID:36882685
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Remarkably rapid, recent diversification of Cochemiea and Mammillaria in the Baja California, Mexico region Breslin PB, Wojciechowski MF, Majure LC Am J Bot 04-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9826077
doi:10.1002/ajb2.16048
PMID:35979551
A New Approach Using Targeted Sequence Capture for Phylogenomic Studies across Cactaceae Acha S, Majure LC Genes (Basel) 15-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8871817
doi:10.3390/genes13020350
PMID:35205394
The complete plastomes of red fleshed pitaya (Selenicereus monacanthus) and three related Selenicereus species: insights into gene losses, inverted repeat expansions and phylogenomic implications Qin Q, Li J, Zeng S, Xu Y, Han F, Yu J Physiol Mol Biol Plants 11-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8847515
doi:10.1007/s12298-021-01121-z
PMID:35221575
Geometric Models for Seed Shape Description and Quantification in the Cactaceae Martín-Gómez JJ, del Pozo DG, Tocino Á, Cervantes E Plants (Basel) 22-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8620750
doi:10.3390/plants10112546
PMID:34834909
Bioactive Compounds as Potential Agents for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Management: A Review to Explore Molecular Mechanisms of Action Sharifi-Rad J, Quispe C, Rahavian A, Pereira Carneiro JN, Rocha JE, Alves Borges Leal AL, Bezerra Morais Braga MF, Melo Coutinho HD, Ansari Djafari A, Alarcón-Zapata P, Martorell M, Antika G, Tumer TB, Cruz-Martins N, Helon P, Paprocka P, Koch W, Docea AO, Calina D Front Pharmacol 24-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8421529
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.674682
PMID:34504422
New World Cactaceae Plants Harbor Diverse Geminiviruses Fontenele RS, Salywon AM, Majure LC, Cobb IN, Bhaskara A, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Khalifeh A, Smith K, Schreck J, Lund MC, Köhler M, Wojciechowski MF, Hodgson WC, Puente-Martinez R, Van Doorslaer K, Kumari S, Oyeniran KA, Vernière C, Filloux D, Roumagnac P, Lefeuvre P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger SP, Martin DP, Varsani A Viruses 16-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8073023
doi:10.3390/v13040694
PMID:33923787
Genome Size Covaries More Positively with Propagule Size than Adult Size: New Insights into an Old Problem Glazier DS Biology (Basel) 26-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8067107
doi:10.3390/biology10040270
PMID:33810583
A review study on the anti-trichomonas activities of medicinal plants Hashemi N, Ommi D, Kheyri P, Khamesipour F, Setzer WN, Benchimol M Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 12-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7902805
doi:10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.01.002
PMID:33610966
A novel, rapid technique for clearing leaf tissues García‐Gutiérrez E, Ortega‐Escalona F, Angeles G Appl Plant Sci 30-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7526433
doi:10.1002/aps3.11391
PMID:33014635
Complete Chloroplast Genome of Rhipsalis baccifera, the only Cactus with Natural Distribution in the Old World: Genome Rearrangement, Intron Gain and Loss, and Implications for Phylogenetic Studies Oulo MA, Yang JX, Dong X, Wanga VO, Mkala EM, Munyao JN, Onjolo VO, Rono PC, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 31-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7464518
doi:10.3390/plants9080979
PMID:32752116
Nuclear phylogeography of the temperate tree species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon (Malvaceae): Quaternary relicts in Mesoamerican cloud forests Hernández-Langford DG, Siqueiros-Delgado ME, Ruíz-Sánchez E BMC Evol Biol 19-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7168997
doi:10.1186/s12862-020-01605-8
PMID:32306974

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