Schlumbergera lutea subsp. bradei

Description:
Phylloclades flattened, 1.5 cm long and 1 cm wide, narrower than subsp. lutea, club-shaped. Flowers broadly funnel form, brilliant yellow, possibly self-sterile (data not yet sufficient).
Fruits spherical, greenish, angled.
Flowering period in northern hemisphere: March to May.

First description:

Campos-Porto, P. & Castellanos, A. (1941): Rodriguesia 5: 354, tab. 4, 5 (as Hariota epiphylloides var. bradei).

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Origin of the name:
epiphylloides refers to the Epiphyllum-like habitus.
lutea (lat.) = yellow, refers to the yellow flowers.
bradei honors the botanist Alexander Curt Brade (1881–1971), who also worked at the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.

Occurence:
Brazil (Rio do Janeiro), in areas above 800 m elevation.

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Synonyms:

• Hariota epiphylloides bradei Campos-Porto & Castellanos (1941)
• Pseudozygocactus epiphylloides bradei (Porto & Werdermann) Backeberg (1941)
• Hatiora epiphylloides bradei (Campos-Porto & Castellanos) P. V. Heath (1982)
• Hariota epiphylloides bradei (Campos-Porto & Castellanos) P. V. Heath (1992)
• Hatiora epiphylloides bradei (Campos-Porto & Castellanos) Barthlott & N. P. Taylor (1995)
• Rhipsalis epiphylloides bradei (Campos-Porto & Castellanos) Kimnach (1996)
• Pseudozygocactus epiphylloides bradei (Campos-Porto & Werdermann) Doweld (2002)
• Pseudozygocactus bradei (Campos-Porto & Werdermann) Guiggi (2019)

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