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Cereus lepidotus
Cereus lepidotus (syn. Piptanthocereus lepidotus) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cereus. This species is native to the seasonally dry area of Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia.
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Description
Cereus lepidotus is an arborescent, poorly known species of cacti. It is possibly synonymous with Cereus repandus. Salm-Dyck says, "caule elato robustissimo glaucescenti-læteviride serius indumento lepidoto obducto", "stem high, very robust, somewhat glaucous to bright green, later covered with a scaly indumentum"
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1652937.