Native records: 1 botanical areas
Brazil Southeast
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent lithophyte of wet tropical climates. Native to Brazil.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Brazil
- Brazil SoutheastNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 54 areas worldwide, 53 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
Christmas Cactus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Schlumbergera
Other species in Schlumbergera
- Schlumbergera kautskyiChristmas Cactus
- Schlumbergera lutea
- Schlumbergera opuntioidesChristmas Cactus
- Schlumbergera orssichiana
- Schlumbergera russelliana
- Schlumbergera truncataThanksgiving cactus
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Brazil · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Schlumbergera microsphaerica
Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose · Public domain · File page