π΅ Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
π΅ Type | Leptocereus assurgens |
Greek leptos ‘fine, thin, small’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. Presumably for the relatively thin stems.
Leptocereus Raf. (1819) is a misspelling of Leptocercus Raf. (1819, Poaceae).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Leptocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Leptocereus