Rhipsalis
chloroptera Weber
Info from Backeberg's Lexicon
Reduced to synonymy under R. elliptica by Barthlott and Taylor Bradleya
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- Body. shrubb, small trunk often 3-angled, angles acute, more or less
winged;
- Shoots of two types. oblong, to 20 cm long., to 2 cm broad above, tapering
below, or spatulate, ovate or lanceolate, serrate-notched, 8-16 cm long.,
l.5 - 6 cm broad, leaf-green, often bordered red;
- Areoles with little felt, with solitary or paired bristles;
- Flowers. not numerous, ca. 1.5 cm long., widely opening, yellow, darker
when fading;
- Ovary. cylindric, without scales
- Habitat .- Brazil (?).
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