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Schlumbergera microsphaerica
Plate 1 of 2. Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (Public domain) · via Wikimedia
IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Schlumbergera microsphaerica

Schlumbergera microsphaerica is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to a limited area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitat is rocky areas above 2,600 m (8,500 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss. It is in the same genus as the popular house plant known as Christmas Cactus or Thanksgiving Cactus.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 443401.