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unusual facts about Schlumbergera


Charles Antoine Lemaire

One of the notable genera he named was Schlumbergera which contains the well-known Christmas Cactus.


Gottfried Knebel

He was the author of the cactus genus Opuntiopsis, an invalid name according to the current rules of botanical nomenclature; it is now a synonym of Schlumbergera.

Schlumbergera opuntioides

As with many other species of the genus (see Schlumbergera: Taxonomy), other generic names were used afterwards: Zygocactus (Löfgren in 1918), Epiphyllanthus (Moran in 1953) and finally Schlumbergera (David Hunt in 1969).

Schlumbergera truncata

Schlumbergera truncata resembles other species of the genus Schlumbergera in that it has leafless green stems which act as photosynthetic organs.


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