Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose sec. D.Barrios & al. 2020

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Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose sec. D.Barrios & al. 2020

Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 433. 1909 wfo-4000021233
  • ≡Cereus subg. Leptocereus A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 79. 1905 syn. sec. ??? wfo-3500004025
      • Type: Leptocereus assurgens (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose
  • =Dendrocereus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 113. 1920 syn. sec. D.Barrios & al. 20201 wfo-4000011065
      • Type: Dendrocereus nudiflorus (Engelm. ex C.Wright) Britton & Rose
  • 1. D.Barrios, González-Torres, L.R., Arias, S. & Majure, L.C. 2020: Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Antillean endemic genus Leptocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from chloroplast markers and morphological evidence. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 306(3): 63.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01693-5
  • =Neoabbottia Britton & Rose in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 72: 2. 1921 syn. sec. Hunt 20062 wfo-4000025589
      • Type: Neoabbottia paniculata (Lam.) Britton & Rose
  • 2. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books

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Notes

The phylogenetic relationships in Leptocereus and Dendrocereus were analysed by Barrios & al. (2020) using 5 plastid markers (trnL-F, trnQ-rps16, psbA-trnH, petL-psbE, and rpl16) and morphology. They found Leptocereus to be paraphyletic with a clade of the two Dendrocereus species nested within it and have consequently newly circumscribed Leptocereus to include Dendrocereus. Leptocereus now encompasses 20 species of trees and shrubs, all endemic to the diverse, seasonally dry tropical forest of the Antilles and most diverse on Cuba.A,B

Taxon standing

Category A. The genus is monophyletic based on a complete or very comprehensive phylogenetic study, and a phylogeny-based taxonomic synopsis was published.C

Acknowledgments

Revised by Lucas C. Majure

Bibliography

A. Barrios, D., González-Torres, L.R., Arias, S. & Majure, L.C. 2020: Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Antillean endemic genus Leptocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from chloroplast markers and morphological evidence. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 306(3): 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01693-5
B. Majure, L.C. 2021: Revisions of Cochemiea, Consolea, Coryphantha, Cylindropuntia, Cumarinia, Grusonia, Kroenleinia, Leptocereus, Melocactus, Micropuntia, Opuntia. – In: Korotkova N. & al., Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. – Willdenowia 51: 251-270. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.51.51208
C. D.Barrios, González-Torres, L.R., Arias, S. & Majure, L.C. 2020: Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Antillean endemic genus Leptocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from chloroplast markers and morphological evidence. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 306(3): 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01693-5