Araújo, Diogo;Alves, Marccus
Leptocereus
Sign in to saveLeptocereus is a genus of cacti that are native to the Greater Antilles. It has been placed in the tribe Leptocereeae or in a broadly defined Echinocereeae.
Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
Leptocereus is een geslacht van cactussen. De soorten komen voor op de Caraïben. Enkele soorten Leptocereus grantianus Leptocereus maxonii Leptocereus paniculatus etc.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 72
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- NY, K, US
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Haiti, United States, Puerto Rico, Cuba, India
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Leptocereus is a genus of cacti that are native to the Greater Antilles. It has been placed in the tribe Leptocereeae or in a broadly defined Echinocereeae.
== Description == It is a very rare plant to encounter. The plants themselves are mostly sprawling shrubs, but can also form trees up to 30 feet or more in height. The stems are highly angled; with few large ribs which bear comfortably-spaced areoles that have spine clusters of about 10 spines or so. Some lose spine as they age. Often, the flowers are white or whitish-green and bear spines on raised areoles.
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