Leptocereus

Leptocereus is a genus of cacti native to the Greater Antilles.[4]

Leptocereus
Leptocereus arboreus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Pachycereeae
Genus:	Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Synonyms[2][3]
Cereus subg. Leptocereus A.Berger Neoabbottia Britton & Rose

Species

1. Leptocereus assurgens (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose - Cuba
2. Leptocereus demissus Areces – southwestern Hispaniola[5]
3. Leptocereus ekmanii (Werderm.) F.M.Knuth - Cuba
4. Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R.Hunt - Hispaniola
5. Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose - Puerto Rico
6. Leptocereus weingartianus (Hartmann in Dams) Britton & Rose - Hispaniola
7. Leptocereus wrightii León - Cuba

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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. Areces-Mallea, Alberto (May–June 2017). "Leptocereus demissus, a new species from southwestern Hispaniola". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 89: 115–121.
6. The Plant List search for Leptocereus