Leptocereus
| Leptocereus | |
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| 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] | |
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Leptocereus is a genus of cacti native to the Greater Antilles.[4]
- Species[5]
- Leptocereus assurgens (C. Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose - Cuba
- Leptocereus ekmanii (Werderm.) F.M. Knuth - Cuba
- Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R. Hunt - Haiti
- Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose - Puerto Rico
- Leptocereus weingartianus (Hartmann in Dams) Britton & Rose - Haiti
- Leptocereus wrightii León - Cuba
References
- ↑ 1920 illustration by Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961) published in The Cactaceae (1919-1923) by Britton et Rose, Vol. II.
- ↑ The Plant List, Neoabbottia paniculata (Lam.) Britton & Rose
- ↑ Tropicos, Leptocereus (A. Berger) Britton & Rose
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord & Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(10): 433 in English
- ↑ The Plant List search for Leptocereus
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