| Cereus lepidotus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cereus |
| Species: | C. lepidotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck | |
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Cereus lepidotus (syn. Piptanthocereus lepidotus) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cereus. This species is native to the seasonally dry area of Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia.
Cereus lepidotus is an arborescent, poorly known species of cacti. It is possibly synonymous with Cereus repandus.
Salm-Dyck says, "caule elato robustissimo glaucescenti-læteviride serius indumento lepidoto obducto", "stem high, very robust, somewhat glaucous to bright green, later covered with a scaly indumentum"
Cereus lepidotus was first described by Salm-Dyck in 1850. The epithet lepidotus refers to the scaly indumentum on the older stems of this plant.
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