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
(A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Cereus subg. Leptocereus A.Berger
  • Neoabbottia Britton & Rose

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

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

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. ↑ The Plant List search for Leptocereus
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