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Cereus lepidotus

Cereus lepidotus

Cereus lepidotus

Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cereus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is WINSL, WINSV, TRTOO, WINMA, WIN, ECUOO, VNA, CLM, WINDO, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, NORTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLM_OO; Colombia to Trinidad-Tobago.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub or tree, seasonally dry tropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130376-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cereus lepidotus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5623092 ↩
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Native Habitat

Colombia to Trinidad-Tobago

Automatically collected source range/note: WIN_SL, WIN_SV, TRT_OO, WIN_MA, WIN, ECU_OO, VNA, CLM, WIN_DO, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, NORTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLM_OO; Colombia to Trinidad-Tobago.