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Leucostele nigripilis

Leucostele nigripilis

Leucostele nigripilis

Leucostele nigripilis (Phil.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut Walter is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLCMA, CLC, CLCBI, CLN, CLCOH, SOUTHERNAMERICA, CLCVA, CLCSA, CLCCO, CLCLA, CLN_AT; Chile (Atacama to Coquimbo).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, desert or dry shrubland.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. "Leucostele nigripilis (Phil.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut Walter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77194978-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Leucostele nigripilis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10953146 ↩
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Native Habitat

Chile (Atacama to Coquimbo)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLC_MA, CLC, CLC_BI, CLN, CLC_OH, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, CLC_VA, CLC_SA, CLC_CO, CLC_LA, CLN_AT; Chile (Atacama to Coquimbo).