Rhipsalis baccifera
(Sol. ex J.S.Muell.) Stearn (1939)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | William Thomas Stearn |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cassytha baccifera (1771) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Johann Sebastian Mueller | 🌵 Basionym published in | Ill. Syst. Sex. Linnaei class. 9: Ordo 1 (1771) |
| 🌵 Type of | Hariota |
Latin bacca ‘berry’ + Latin –fer ‘carrying’. For the fruits. Mueller: “The common name Berry Bearing Cassyta, with many seeds.”
English name: mistletoe cactus. Compare Ixocactus, a Rhipsalis-like mistletoe genus (Loranthaceae).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 05). Rhipsalis baccifera. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rhipsalis-baccifera