First record of Rhipsalis oblonga (Cactaceae), a threatened plant species, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Diego Gonzaga; Fernando da Silva; Daniel Barbosa; Geicilaine Basílio; Luiz Menini Neto

doi:10.15560/11.4.1699

Check List 11(4): e19298, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1699

First record of Rhipsalis oblonga (Cactaceae), a threatened plant species, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Diego Rafael Gonzaga^‡, Daniel Elias Ferreira Barbosa^§, Geicilaine Alves Basílio^|, Fernando Rodrigues da Silva^|, Luiz Menini Neto^|

‡ Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil| Centro de Ensino Superior de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Corresponding author: Diego Gonzaga ( diego.gonzaga@gmail.com )

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Citation: Gonzaga D, da Silva F, Barbosa D, Basílio G, Menini Neto L (2015) First record of Rhipsalis oblonga (Cactaceae), a threatened plant species, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Check List 11(4): 1699. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1699

Abstract

We present the first record of Rhipsalis oblonga in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. This record suggests that this species, having a global rank of Vulnerable, is nevertheless threatened in Minas Gerais with extirpation due to the small area of occupancy that is outside of any conservation unit. We present morphological data for this species and comment on its ecology and distribution.

Keywords

Forest, endangered species, epiphyte, South America