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 ↩