Lepismium lumbricoides

Lepismium lumbricoides

Lepismium lumbricoides (Lem.) Barthlott 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 AGWSJ, BZL, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, BZS, BZLMG, AGWTU, BZLES, BZLTR, BZLRJ, AGWJU, BZSPR; Bolivia to Brazil (São Paulo) and N. Argentina.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent epiphyte, 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 lumbricoides (Lem.) Barthlott". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:944058-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Lepismium lumbricoides". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7279927
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Native Habitat

Bolivia to Brazil (São Paulo) and N. Argentina

Automatically collected source range/note: AGW_SJ, BZL, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, AGW, BZS, BZL_MG, AGW_TU, BZL_ES, BZL_TR, BZL_RJ, AGW_JU, BZS_PR; Bolivia to Brazil (São Paulo) and N. Argentina.