Lepismium cruciforme

Lepismium cruciforme

Lepismium cruciforme (Vell.) Miq. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is AGEER, BZCMT, BZSSC, BZEFN, URU, AGE, BZEPE, BZLMG, BZSRS, BZSPR, BZECE, PAROO; Brazil to NE. Argentina.1

POWO records the plant context as epiphyte or lithophyte, 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. "Lepismium cruciforme (Vell.) Miq.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133803-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Lepismium cruciforme". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7279966
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Native Habitat

Brazil to NE. Argentina

Automatically collected source range/note: AGE_ER, BZC_MT, BZS_SC, BZE_FN, URU, AGE, BZE_PE, BZL_MG, BZS_RS, BZS_PR, BZE_CE, PAR_OO; Brazil to NE. Argentina.