Lepismium cruciforme
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
- 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 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Lepismium cruciforme". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7279966 ↩
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