Rhipsalis
Rhipsalis (family Cactaceae) A genus of about 50 species of epiphytes that have cylindrical, branching stems, and are found mainly in tropical America. They are remarkable in their family in having Old World members in Madagascar and Sri Lanka, but perhaps these were introduced there.
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