Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Rhipsalis baccifera group

• Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn: (subsp. baccifera) is mostly an epiphyte but at times a lithophyte, both diploid and tetraploid. Distribution: Caribbean, eastern Mexico, Florida, Central America, and northern South America.
• Rhipsalis baccifera subs. erythrocarpa (K.Schum.) Barthlott: is a tetraploid form. Distribution: it is found only in the mountains of east Africa.
• Rhipsalis baccifera subs. hileiabaiana N.P.Taylor & Barthlott: is very densely branched. Distribution: Bahia, Brazil.
• Rhipsalis baccifera subs. horrida (Baker) Barthlott: horrida is a neotenic form both epiphytic and lithophytic and has an aberrant branching pattern; it has
  tetraploid and octoploid populations. Distribution: Madagascar.
• Rhipsalis baccifera subs. mauritiana (DC.) Barthlott: is a tetraploid form. Distribution: Old World, from tropical Africa east to Sri Lanka.
• Rhipsalis baccifera subs. shaferi (Britton & Rose) Barthlott & N.P.Taylor: has shorter,stiffer stem segments than subspecies baccifera . Distribution: Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northern Argentina.