Leptocereus is a genus of cacti native to the Greater Antilles.[4] It has been placed in the tribe Leptocereeae[5] or in a broadly defined Echinocereeae.[6]
Leptocereus | |
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Leptocereus arboreus[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Tribe: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose |
Type species | |
Leptocereus assurgens | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
As of March 2021[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[7]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Leptocereus arboreus Britton & Rose | Santa Clara, Cuba. | |
Leptocereus assurgens (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose | Cuba | |
Leptocereus carinatus Areces | Cuba | |
Leptocereus demissus Areces | southwestern Hispaniola[8] | |
![]() | Leptocereus grantianus Britton | Puerto Rico |
Leptocereus leonii Britton & Rose | Cuba | |
Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R.Hunt | Hispaniola | |
![]() | Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose | Puerto Rico |
Leptocereus scopulophilus Areces | La Habana, Cuba. | |
![]() | Leptocereus sylvestris Britton & Rose | La Habana, Cuba. |
Leptocereus weingartianus (E.Hartmann) Britton & Rose | Hispaniola | |
Leptocereus wrightii León | Cuba | |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Leptocereus | |
Cereus subg. Leptocereus |
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