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The genus Leptocereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Leptocereus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Leptocereus arboreus Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus assurgens (C. Wright ex Griseb.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Leptocereus carinatus Areces	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus ekmanii (Werderm.) F.M. Knuth	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Leptocereus grantianus Britton	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus leonii Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus maxonii Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus paniculatus (Lam.) D.R. Hunt	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Leptocereus prostratus Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Leptocereus santamarinae Areces	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus scopulophilus Areces	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus sylvestris Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Leptocereus weingartianus (Hartmann in Dams) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Leptocereus wrightii León	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 26 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Leptocereus. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 26 species names for the genus Leptocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	23.1%
◕	Synonym	4	15.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	16	61.5%

All names

The status of the 26 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Leptocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	23.1%
◕	Synonym	4	15.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	16	61.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 26 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Leptocereus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	3.8%
	Low confidence	5	4	0	16	25	96.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Leptocereus is as follows: