Cereus lepidotus

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.^[1]

Cereus lepidotus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
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
Synonyms
Piptanthocereus lepidotus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.

Description

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"^[2]

Taxonomy

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.^[2]