Detail in B&R IV 247. 1923
Rhipsalis spathulata Otto (Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 3. 1839) Schumann thought might be a mistake for Pereskia spathulata. Kuntze takes it up, however, as Hariota spathulata (Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:263. 1897)
Treated as an unknown by B&T 1995