Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. baccifera GRIN-Global

Taxon: Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. baccifera

Summary

Genus:

Rhipsalis

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Cactoideae

Tribe:

Rhipsalideae

Nomen number:

436473

Verified:

03/02/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn (0 active accession[s])
Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. erythrocarpa (K. Schum.) Barthlott (0 active accession[s])
Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. hileiabaiana N. P. Taylor & Barthlott (0 active accession[s])
Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. horrida (Baker) Barthlott (0 active accession[s])
Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott (0 active accession[s])
Rhipsalis baccifera (J. S. Muell.) Stearn subsp. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N. P. Taylor (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Cassytha baccifera J. S. Muell.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Rhipsalis cassytha Gaertn.

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Anderson, E. F. The cactus family. 2001
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. Cacti of eastern Brazil. 2004

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	El Oro
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Morona-Santiago
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Sucumbios
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Zamora-Chinchipe
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cajamarca
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cuzco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huanuco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Moquegua

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta], Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [El Oro, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Zamora-Chinchipe, Sucumbios], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huanuco, Moquegua]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=436473. Accessed 15 December 2025.