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R. heptagona Rauh &
Backeberg.
Info from Backeberg’s Lexicon
Reduced to synonymy under R. baccifera ssp. baccifera
by Barthlott and Taylor Bradleya 13
- Body. hanging, long;
- Shoots slender, 7-ribbed, to 5 mm diam. very finely grooved, greyish-green,
light-pitted, single ones to 25 cm long, then in whorls or one above the
other, sometimes branching very freely;
- Areoles. with yellowish felt;
- Flowers. solitary, small, yellowish-white;
- Fruit. red, spherical, 5 mm diam, with floral remains.
- Habitat -N. Peru (Jaen).
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