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Lepismium
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Lepismium

Lepismium is a genus of mostly epiphytic cacti, with a dozen species. They are found in tropical South America.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lepismium lumbricoides

speciesLepismium lumbricoides

Lepismium cruciforme

speciesLepismium cruciforme

Snowdrop Cactus

speciesLepismium houlletianum

Lepismium warmingianum

speciesLepismium warmingianum

Lepismium lorentzianum

speciesLepismium lorentzianum

Lepismium lineare

speciesLepismium lineare

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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 186142.