Leptocereus wrightii León

First published in Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. ''Felipe Poey'' 14: 136 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Cuba. It is a climbing succulent and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cuba

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • González-Torres, L.R. & Palmarola Bejerano, A. (2006). Hallazgo de Leptocereus wrightii (Cactaceae) en Puerto Escondido, La Habana. Revista del Jardin Botanico Nacional, Universidad de la Habana 27: 147-148.
  • Humphreys, A.M., Govaerts, R., Ficinski, S.Z., Nic Lughadha, E. & Vorontsova, M.S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • González-Torres, L.R. & Palmarola Bejerano, A. (2006). Hallazgo de Leptocereus wrightii (Cactaceae) en Puerto Escondido, La Habana. Revista del Jardin Botanico Nacional, Universidad de la Habana 27: 147-148.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0