Cactaceae
Mistletoe cactus
Rhipsalis baccifera
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Rhipsalis
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Common names
By language (9)
- Afrikaans
- Bostou
- Chinese
- 絲葦, 丝苇
- Dutch
- Maretakcactus
- English
- Mistletoe cactus
- German
- Cassyta baccifera
- Japanese
- リプサリス・バッキフェラ
- lah
- رہپسالس بیکیفرا
- Swedish
- Korallkaktus
- Western Frisian
- Mistelkaktus
Synonyms
- Cactus caripensis Kunth
- Cactus epidendrum L.
- Cactus fasciculatus Willd.
- Cactus garipensis Kunth
- Cactus parasiticus L.
- Cactus parasiticus Lam.
- Cactus pendulinus Sieber ex DC.
- Cactus pendulinus Sieber ex Baker
- Cactus pendulus Sw.
- Cactus quadrangularis Haw.
- Cassytha baccifera J.S.Muell.
- Cassytha baccifera Sol. ex J.S.Muell.
- Cassytha polysperma Aiton ex Gaertn.
- Cereus baccifer Hook.
- Cereus bacciferus Hemsl.
- Cereus caripensis (Kunth) DC.
- Cereus parasiticus Haw. ex Steud.
- Hariota fasciculata (Willd.) Kuntze
- Hatiora fasciculata (Willd.) Kuntze
- Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. fasciculata (Willd.) Süpplie
- Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. rhodocarpa (F.A.C.Weber) Süpplie
- Rhipsalis caripensis (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber
- Rhipsalis cassutha Gaertn.
- Rhipsalis cassytha Gaertn.
- Rhipsalis cassytha var. mocinoana DC.
- Rhipsalis cassytha var. pendula (Sw.) Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
- Rhipsalis cassytha var. rhodocarpa F.A.C.Weber
- Rhipsalis cassytha var. swartziana DC.
- Rhipsalis cassythopsis Backeb.
- Rhipsalis delphinensis Barthlott
- Rhipsalis fasciculata (Willd.) Haw.
- Rhipsalis madagascariensis var. dasycerca F.A.C.Weber
- Rhipsalis neocassutha Y.Itô
- Rhipsalis parasitica (L.) Haw.
- Rhipsalis parasiticus Haw.
- Rhipsalis parasiticus (Lam.) Haw.
- Rhipsalis pendula Pfeiff.
- Rhipsalis pendula (Sw.) Link & Otto
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.