R.
densiareolata Loefgren
Info from Backebergs Lexicon
Reduced to synonymy under
R. lindbergiana by Barthlott and Taylor Bradleya
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- Body shrubby,
trunk more or less erect at first, then hanging, to 60 cm long.. 1-1.2
cm thick;
- Shoots
6 - 7 together, never whorled, 20-60 cm long., 5-7 mm thick, more or
less tapering at the tip, light yellowish-green, later grey;
- Areoles
crowded, spiralled, on younger shoots with bristles 1-1.5 mm long;
- Flowers
very numerous, ca. 9 mm diam., white;
- Ovary
without scales;
- Fruit
pinkish-red, ovoid.
- Habitat
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, near Tijuca).
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