Leptocereus

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
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
Synonyms[2][3]

Species

As of March 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[7]

  • Leptocereus arboreus Britton & Rose
  • Leptocereus assurgens (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose – Cuba
  • Leptocereus carinatus Areces
  • Leptocereus chrysotyrius Areces
  • Leptocereus demissus Areces – southwestern Hispaniola[8]
  • Leptocereus grantianus Britton
  • Leptocereus leonii Britton & Rose
  • Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R.Hunt – Hispaniola
  • Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose – Puerto Rico
  • Leptocereus scopulophilus Areces
  • Leptocereus sylvestris Britton & Rose
  • Leptocereus weingartianus (E.Hartmann) Britton & Rose – Hispaniola
  • 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. Sánchez, D.; Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. (2014). "Phylogenetic relationships in Echinocereus (Cactaceae, Cactoideae)". Systematic Botany. 39 (4): 1183–1196. doi:10.1600/036364414X683831. S2CID 84505202.
  6. "Taxonomy Browser: Leptocereus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  7. "Leptocereus Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  8. Areces-Mallea, Alberto (May–June 2017). "Leptocereus demissus, a new species from southwestern Hispaniola". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 89 (3): 115–121. doi:10.2985/015.089.0303. S2CID 91144846.


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