Leucostele

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Leucostele
Pajara La Lajita - Oasis Park - Echinopsis terscheckii 01 ies.jpg
Leucostele terscheckii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Subtribe: Trichocereinae
Genus: Leucostele
Backeb. [1]
Type species
Leucostele atacamensis
Species

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Leucostele is a genus of large cacti native to Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.

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Species

Species of the genus Leucostele according to Plants of the World Online as of July 2023: [1]

imageScientific NameDistribution
Cactus in Ruins of Quilmes.jpg Leucostele atacamensis (Phil.) Schlumpb.Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.
Leucostele bolligeriana (Mächler & Helmut Walter) Schlumpb.Chile (Cardenal Caro)
Quisco.JPG Leucostele chiloensis (Colla) Schlumpb.Chile
Echinopsis deserticola.jpg Leucostele deserticola (Werderm.) Schlumpb.Chile (Antofagasta to Coquimbo)
Leucostele faundezii (Albesiano) Schlumpb.Chile (Coquimbo)
Echinopsis chiloensis ssp. littoralis (Quisco costero) 01.jpg Leucostele litoralis (Johow) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut WalterChile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso).
Leucostele nigripilis (Phil.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut WalterChile (Atacama to Coquimbo)
Leucostele pectinifera (Albesiano) Schlumpb.Chile (Coquimbo)
Echinopsis skottsbergii -- Pato Novoa 001.jpg Leucostele skottsbergii (Backeb.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut WalterChile (Coquimbo)
Trichocereus1.jpg Leucostele terscheckii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Schlumpb.Argentina
Leucostele tunariensis (Cárdenas) Schlumpb.Bolivia
Leucostele undulosa (Albesiano) Schlumpb.Chile (Coquimbo)
Echinopsis wedermannianus.jpg Leucostele werdermanniana (Backeb.) Schlumpb.Bolivia

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucostele Backeb". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-07-30.