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Leptocereus
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.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first

pitahaya
speciesLeptocereus quadricostatus

aguacate cimarrón
speciesLeptocereus nudiflorus

Leptocereus paniculatus
speciesLeptocereus paniculatus

Leptocereus undulosus
speciesLeptocereus undulosus

Leptocereus cremnophilus
speciesLeptocereus cremnophilus

Sebucan
speciesLeptocereus grantianus

Leptocereus weingartianus
speciesLeptocereus weingartianus

Leptocereus arboreus
speciesLeptocereus arboreus

Leptocereus velozianus
speciesLeptocereus velozianus

Leptocereus assurgens
speciesLeptocereus assurgens

Leptocereus sylvestris
speciesLeptocereus sylvestris

Leptocereus septentrionalis
speciesLeptocereus septentrionalis

Leptocereus bayahibensis
speciesLeptocereus bayahibensis

Leptocereus leonii
speciesLeptocereus leonii

Leptocereus demissus
speciesLeptocereus demissus

Leptocereus wrightii
speciesLeptocereus wrightii
Leptocereus carinatus
speciesLeptocereus carinatus
Leptocereus rosei
speciesLeptocereus rosei
Leptocereus scopulophilus
speciesLeptocereus scopulophilus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 186140.