Cactaceae
Lepismium

Lepismium lineare (K.Schum.) Barthlott

First published in Bradleya 9: 89 (1991)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul) to Argentina (Misiones). It is a semisucculent epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lombardi, J.A. (2014). On the identity of Lepismium lineare and L. warmingianum (Cactaceae,Rhipsalidae). Phytotaxa 161: 177-180.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hunt, D. (2016). CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1-174. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Lepismium warmingianum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lombardi, J.A. (2014). On the identity of Lepismium lineare and L. warmingianum (Cactaceae,Rhipsalidae). Phytotaxa 161: 177-180.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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