Selected literature published since 2010 (last updated 1/18/2018)


Compiled by Jorge Quiñónez. Thanks to MHJ Barfuss (“Shoeless Mike”) and A. Hofacker for their help.

Akunne TC, Akah PA, Nwabunike IA, Nworu CS, Okereke EK, Okereke NC & Okeke FC. 2016. Anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities of extract and fractions of Rhipsalis neves-armondii (Cactaceae) aerial parts. Cogent Biology (2016), 2: 1237259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23312025.2016.1237259

Almeida OJG, Cota-Sánchez JH, & Paoli AAS. 2013. The systematic significance of floral morphology, nectaries, and nectar concentration in epiphytic cacti of tribes Hylocereeae and Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 15: 255–268.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2013.08.001

Bauer R. & Korotkova N. 2016. Eine neue Rhipsalis aus Brasilien – Rhipsalis barthlottii. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 67(11): 281-287.

Bautista-San Juan A, Cibrián-Tovar J, Salomé-Abarca LF, Soto-Hernández, RM MDe la Cruz-De la Cruz E. 2017. Composición química del aroma de tallos y frutos de Rhipsalis baccifera (J. Miller) Stearn. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana 40(1): 45-54.
http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=61050549007

Bockemühl J & Bauer R. 2012. Wildformen der Schlumbergera truncata. EPIG 70: 19-30.

Braga JMA & Freitas M. de F. 2010. Neotypification of Rhipsalis triangularis Werderm. (Cactaceae), a critically endangered species from southeastern Brazil. Adansonia, sér. 3, 32(2): 235-238.

Brun J. 2014. In the Glasshouse: Schlumbergera opuntioides. The Cactus Explorer 14: 11-13.

Calvente A. 2010. Filogenia molecular, evoluçaö e sistemática de Rhipsalis. Ph. D. dissertation, Saö Paulo: Universidade de Saö Paulo.

Calvente A. 2012. A New Subgeneric Classification of Rhipsalis (Cactoideae, Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 37(4): 983–988.
DOI: 10.1600/036364412X656455

Calvente A, Zappi D, Forest F, & Lohmann L. 2011a. Molecular phylogeny of tribe Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae) and taxonomic implications for Schlumbergera and Hatiora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 456–468.

Calvente A., Zappi DC, Forest F, & Lohmann LG. 2011b. Molecular phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of South American epiphytic cacti. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172: 902–914.

Cassimiro de Lemos RC & Melo-de-Pinna GF. 2011. Morpho-anatomical variations during stem development in some epiphytic Cactaceae. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138(1): 16-25.
Doi.org/10.3159/10-RA-054.1

Cota-Sánchez JH & Bomfim-Patrício MC. 2010. Seed morphology, polyploidy and the evolutionary history of the epiphytic cactus Rhipsalis baccifera (Cactaceae). Polibotánica 29: 107-129.
http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=62112471005

Cruz MÁ, Arias S, & Terrazas T. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Disocactus (Cactaceae), based on the DNA sequences of six chloroplast markers. Willdenowia 46: 145–164.
DOI: doi.org/10.3372/wi.46.46112

Cury RK. 2015. Cactaceae epifíticas: germinação, desenvolvimento pós seminal e morfoanatomia. M.S. Thesis. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, SC.

de la Rosa E & Briones O. 2010. Germination response of the epiphytic cactus Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S. Miller) Stearn to different light conditions and water availability. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171(3): 267–274.

Garcia de Almeida OJ, Sartori Paolia AA, & Cota-Sánchez JH. 2012. A macro- and micromorphological survey of floral and extrafloral nectaries in the epiphytic cactus Rhipsalis teres (Cactoideae: Rhipsalideae). Flora 207: 119–125.
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.11.004

Garcia SLFP, Giovanoni SS, Boeger MRT, and Soffiatti P. 2014. A comparative morphoanatomical study between a terrestrial and epiphytic Rhipsalis (Rhipsalideae, Cactaceae). The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 141(3):265-272
DOI: doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00023.1

Giovanoni SDO, 2014. Caracterização genética de populações de Rhipsalis dissimilis K. Schum.(Cactaceae) no estado do Paraná. Dissertaçáo (Mestrado).

Gonçalves da Silva CHG, Calvente A, Soller A, Maranho LT, & Boeger MRT, Soffiatti P. 2013. Anatomia de Rhipsalis subgênero Erythrorhipsalis A. Berger (Rhipsalideae, Cactaceae). Iheringia Sér. Bot. Porto Alegre 68(2): 249–259.

Gonzaga DR, Barbosa DEF, Basílio GA, Rodrigues da Silva F, & Menini Neto L. 2015. First record of Rhipsalis oblonga (Cactaceae), a threatened plant species, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Check List 11 (4): 1699.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1699

Gonzaga DR, Moraes L, Menini Neto L, & Peixoto LP. 2016. Rediscovery, considerations about type locality and conservation of Rhipsalis agudoensis (Cactaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Phytotaxa 278(1): 74-78.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.278.1.10

Gonzaga DR, Zappi DC, Furtado SG, & Menini Neto L. 2014. Cactaceae no Parque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 32(1): 1-8.
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9052.v32i1p1-8

Gonzaga DR, Zappi DC, Furtado SG, & Menini Neto L. 2014. Cactaceae na Serra Negra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguesia 65(2): 443-453.
DOI: 10.1590/S2175-78602014000200009

Charles G. 2014. Recent New Descriptions: Rhipsalis flagelliformis. The Cactus Explorer 14: 9-10.

Grosse-Veldmann B, Abrahamczyk S, Mutke J, Barthlott W, & Weigend M. 2016. Rhipsalis (Cactaceae): loss and gain of floral rewards is mirrored in range sizes and distribution patterns of species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 180: 491–503.

Guihard J.-L. 2013. Schlumbergera × buckleyi, the Christmas cactus. Acta Succulenta 1(2): 197–212.
http://acta-succulenta.eu/dwn/en/ActaSucculenta_1_2_2013_EN.pdf

Hofacker A. 2011a. Rhipsalis aurea M. F. Freitas & J. M. A. Braga- eine bemerkenwerte neue Art aus Brasilien. EPIG 68: 21-24.

Hofacker A. 2011b. Der seltsame Binsenkaktus Rhipsalis paradoxa – eine kulturwürdige Art aus Brasilien. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 62(8): 202–206.

Hofacker A. 2012. Schlumbergera opuntioides – Beobachtungen am natürlichen Standort. EPIG 70: 5-18.

Hofacker A. 2013a. Ein Juwel der epiphytischen Kakteen: Hatiora herminiae. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 64(2): 39–42.

Hofacker A. 2013b. Schlumbergera opuntioides aus dem Regenwald Brasiliens. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 64(8): 197–201.

Hofacker A. 2013c. Rhipsalis ormindoi, eine noch wenig bekannte Rhipsalis aus der brasilianischen Mata Atlântica. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 64(11): 295–300.

Hofacker A. 2013d. Schlumbergera truncata – der Kaktus des Jahres 2014. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 64(12): 309–314.

Hofacker A. 2014a. Rhipsalis aurea aus dem brasilianischen Bundesstaat Rio de Janeiro. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 65(2): 40–41.

Hofacker A. 2014b. Anmerkungen zu Schlumbergera lutea Calvente & Zappi. EPIG 72: 18-32.

Hofacker A. 2014c. An opuntia-like epiphyte: Schlumbergera opuntioides. The Cactus Explorer 13: 52-59.

Hofacker A. 2015a. Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides – ein Kaktus, der nur noch mitten in der Stadt wächst. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 66(1): 1–3.

Hofacker A. 2015b. Rhipsalis lindbergiana – weit verbreitet und doch kaum bekannt. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 66(3): 68–70.

Hofacker A. 2015c. Schlumbergera × exotica – eine ungewöhnliche Hybride. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 66(4): 92–94.

Hofacker A. 2015d. Rhipsalis aurea - A gem of the genus Rhipsalis. The Cactus Explorer 14: 41-45.

Hofacker A. 2017a. Rhipsalis flagelliformis – eine Aporocactus-ähnliche Rhipsalis aus Brasilien. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 68(1): 15–20.

Hofacker A. 2017b. Schlumbergera russelliana (Hooker) Britton & rose an ihren natürlichen Fundorten. EPIG 78: 5-17.

Hofacker A. 2017c. Rhipsalis spinescens Lombardi – eine kritische Bewertung unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde. EPIG 79: 5-15.

Home J. 2015. Nuevos registros de Rhipsalis micrantha (Kunth) DC. (Cactaceae) para los departamentos de Valle del Cauca, Quindío y Risaralda. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. U. de Caldas, 19(2): 74-79.
DOI: 10.17151/bccm.2015.19.2.4

Korotkova N. 2011. Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae), Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn.
http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2011/2703/2703.htm

Korotkova N. 2011. Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae. Ph.D. dissertation. Universität Bonn, Moskau.

Korotkova N, Borsch T, Quandt D, Taylor NP, Müller KF, & Barthlott W. 2011. What does it take to resolve relationships and to identify species with molecular markers? An example from the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). American Journal of Botany 98: 1549–1572.

Korotkova N, Borsch T, & Arias S. 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1-46.
DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1

Korotkova N, Zabel L, Quandt D, & Barthlott W. 2010. A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae. Willdenowia 40: 151–171.

Lombardi JA. 2014. On the identity of Lepismium lineare and L. warmingianum (Cactaceae, Rhipsalidae). Phytotaxa 161(2): 177-180.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.161.2.11

Lone AB, Colombo RC, Andrade BLG, Takahashi LSA, & Faria RT. 2016. Physical characterization of Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) fruits and seeds germination in different temperatures and light regimes. Brazilian Journal of Biology 76(2): 367-373.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.15914

Mangelsdorff R. 2015. Am Standort der Lymanbensonia brevispina (Barthlott) Barthlott & N. Korotkova im Süden Eucadors. EPIG 74: 5-17.

Meier E. 2012. Schlumbergera ‘Enigma’, ein merkwürdiger Vertreter unserer Weihnachtskakteen. EPIG 69: 5-12.

Moreno NC, Amarilla LD, Las Peñas ML, & Bernardello G. 2015. Molecular cytogenetic insights into the evolution of the epiphytic genus Lepismium (Cactaceae) and related genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177: 263–277.

Neß H-J & Lange M. 2016. Blütenbildung bei Schlumbergera opuntioides – ein Dialog. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 67(3): 77–81.

Ornelas JF & Rodríguez-Gómez F. 2015. Influence of Pleistocene Glacial/ Interglacial Cycles on the Genetic Structure of the Mistletoe Cactus Rhipsalis baccifera (Cactaceae) in Mesoamerica. Journal of Heredity 106(2):196–210
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esu113

Rodrigues Cancelli R, Cabral Menezes I, & Souza PA. 2017. Morfologia polínica de espécies epífitas de Cactaceae Juss. do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Série Botânica, Porto Alegre, 72(2):181-189.
DOI 10.21826/2446-8231201772205

Romero, J. 2016. A new location for Rhipsalis micrantha. The Cactus Explorer 15: 37-40.

Santana PC. 2015. Distribuição altitudinal resultante de diferenciação adaptativa em um par de espécies irmãs de Rhipsalis (Rhipsalideae, Cactaceae). Dissertaçáo (Mestrado).
DOI: 10.11606/D.41.2016.tde-23102015-141331

Secorun AC & Luiz Antonio de Souza L. 2011. Morphology and anatomy of Rhipsalis cereuscula, Rhipsalis floccosa subsp. hohenauensis and Lepismium cruciforme (Cactaceae) seedlings. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82: 131-143.

Silva CHS. 2012. Anatomia e evolução de caracteres anatômicos do caule do gênero Rhipsalis Gaertner (Cactaceae). M.S. Thesis. Federal University of Parana State, Curitiba, PR.

Soller A, Soffiatti P, Calvente A, & Goldenberg R. 2014. A Família Cactaceae no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguesia 65: 201–219.

Tam EA. 2016. The phylogeography and cytogenetics of Rhipsalis baccifera: the cactus that made it to the Old World. Theses, Dissertations, and Projects, 1679.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1679

Taylor N, Gerardus Olsthoorn G, Zappi D, Khew G, & Quandt D. 2014. A remarkable new Rhipsalis (Cactaceae) from eastern Brazil. Bradleya 32: 2–12.

Taylor NP & Hofacker A. 2017. Rhipsalis agudoensis – a mystery solved. Bradleya 35: 248-251.

Tropper R. 2016. Sämlingspfropfung auf Schlumbergera. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 67(9): 233–236.

Tropper R. 2017. Schlumbergera microsphaerica (K. Schum.) Höve 1970. EPIG 78: 18-24.