Leptocereus is a genus of cactus that are native to the Greater Antilles.[ Britton, Nathaniel Lord & Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(10): 433 in English] It has been placed in the tribe Leptocereeae[ or in a broadly defined Echinocereeae.]
Description
It is a very rare plant to encounter. The plants themselves are mostly sprawling shrubs, but can also form trees up to 30 feet or more in height. The stems are highly angled; with few large ribs which bear comfortably-spaced areoles that have spine clusters of about 10 spines or so. Some lose spine as they age. Often, the flowers are white or whitish-green and bear spines on raised areoles.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
