Cereus lepidotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Species:

Name

Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 207. (1850)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Piptanthocereus lepidotus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1(12): 7. (1934)

Note: CACO (2021) still prefer to subsume this species into Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Cereus No. 1. (1768), but acknowledge that they could be separated.

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