| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta - flowering plants |
| class | Rosopsida - eudicots |
| order | Caryophyllales Perleb |
| family | Cactaceae Jussieu |
| subfamily | Cactoideae Eaton |
| tribus | Rhipsalideae A.P. de Candolle |
| genus | Rhipsalis J. Gaertner - rhipsalis |
| subgenus | Rhipsalis subgen. Rhipsalis |
| species | Rhipsalis triangularis Werderm. |