Leptocereus

Leptocereus
Leptocereus arboreus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Genus: Leptocereus
Synonyms[2][3]

Leptocereus is a genus of cacti native to the Greater Antilles.[4]

Species

  1. Leptocereus assurgens (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose - Cuba
  2. Leptocereus demissus Areces – southwestern Hispaniola[5]
  3. Leptocereus ekmanii (Werderm.) F.M.Knuth - Cuba
  4. Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R.Hunt - Haiti
  5. Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose - Puerto Rico
  6. Leptocereus weingartianus (Hartmann in Dams) Britton & Rose - Haiti
  7. Leptocereus wrightii León - Cuba

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References

  1. 1920 illustration by Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961) published in The Cactaceae (1919-1923) by Britton et Rose, Vol. II.
  2. The Plant List, Neoabbottia paniculata (Lam.) Britton & Rose
  3. Tropicos, Leptocereus (A. Berger) Britton & Rose
  4. Britton, Nathaniel Lord & Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(10): 433 in English
  5. Areces-Mallea, Alberto (May–June 2017). "Leptocereus demissus, a new species from southwestern Hispaniola". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 89: 115–121.
  6. The Plant List search for Leptocereus


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