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Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S. Muell.) Stearn (Cact. J. (London) 7: 107. 1939.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Mona, ], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Thomas, ) ], North America (native: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Arito de piedra (Dominican Republic), Barbas de palo (Puerto Rico), Currant cactus (Jamaica), Disciplina (Cuba), Disciplinaria (Cuba), Disciplinilla (Cuba), Fruta de culebra (Dominican Republic), Mistletoe (Jamaica), Pegapalo (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Cassytha baccifera J.S. Muell. (Ill. Syst. Sex. Linnaei 1, ord. 1[t. 2a], t. 29. 1771.), Hariota parasitica (Lam.) Kuntze (Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 262. 1891.), Rhipsalis cassutha Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 137. 1788), Rhipsalis fasciculata (Willd.) Haw. (Suppl. Pl. Succ. 83. 1819.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Anderson, E.F. 2001. The Cactus Family. Timber Press. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 11). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 12). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 14). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 15). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 16). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 07 Jul 09 |