Hariota alternata Lemaire, Hort. Univ. 2: 39. 1841.
Rhipsalis alternata Lemaire, Cactees 80. 1868.
Lepismium alternatum Hortus (Loudon, Hort. Brit. Suppl. 3: 576. 1850) appeared as a
questionable synonym of Lepismium paradoxum.

Treated as synonyms of Rhipsalis paradoxa in B&R 1923