Leptocereus

Leptocereus grantianus

Leptocereus nudiflorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Leptocereus
Species: L. albellus – L. arboreus – L. assurgens – L. carinatus – L. chrysotyrius – L. demissus – L. ekmannii – L. grantianus – L. leonii – L. maxonii – L. nudiflorus – L. paniculatus – L. prostratus – L. quadricostatus – L. scopulophilus – L. sylvestris – L. undulosus – L. velozianus – L. weingartianus – L. wrightii

Name

Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 433. (1909)

• Type species: Leptocereus assurgens (C. Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose (1909)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus subg. Leptocereus A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 79. (1905)
• Heterotypic
  • Dendrocereus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 113. (1920) syn. sec. Barrios & al. (2020).
    • Type: Dendrocereus nudiflorus (Engelm. ex C.Wright) Britton & Rose
  • Neoabbottia Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 72: 2. (1921)
    • Type: Neoabbottia paniculata (Lam.) Britton & Rose
  • Cereus [infragen.gruppe] Nudiflori Vaupel in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 639, 640. (1925)
    

Note: This is a view of Leptocereus s.l. sensu Barrios et al. (2020)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1909. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 433.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 
• Barrios, D., Gonzalez-Torres, L.R., Arias, S. & Majure, L.C. 2020. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Antillean endemic genus Leptocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from chloroplast markers and morphological evidence. Plant Systematics and Evolution 306: 1-15. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-020-01693-5 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Leptocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leptocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leptocereus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 16 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Leptocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Leptocereus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 16. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

فارسی: اسپندارهای لاغر
日本語: レプトケレウス属

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