Biology:Leptocereus

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Short description: Genus of cacti


Leptocereus
Leptocereus arboreus The Cactaceae2.jpg
Leptocereus arboreus[1]
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Incertae sedis/Cactoideae
Genus: Leptocereus
(A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Type species
Leptocereus assurgens
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Cereus subg. Leptocereus A.Berger
  • Neoabbottia Britton & Rose

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]

Species

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

Image Scientific name Distribution
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 flower.jpg Leptocereus grantianus Britton Puerto Rico
Leptocereus leonii Britton & Rose Cuba
Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R.Hunt Hispaniola
Leptocereus quadricostatus 2zz.jpg Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose Puerto Rico
Leptocereus scopulophilus Areces La Habana, Cuba.
Leptocereus sylvestris 2.jpg Leptocereus sylvestris Britton & Rose La Habana, Cuba.
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 
  6. "Taxonomy Browser: Leptocereus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=153870&lvl=3. 
  7. "Leptocereus Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297464-2. 
  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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q136906 entry