Leptocereus wrightii León (1940:136)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1992 (Taylor, 2013)
Rediscovered in: 2009 or before (Palmarola, 2009)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Was listed as Extinct by (Hunt, 1992 fide Humphreys et al., 2019; WCMC, 1992:216; Walter & Gillett, 1998:98).
Distribution & Habitat
Havana, Cuba
Biology & Ecology
The species is bat pollinated (Fleming et al., 2009:1040).
Hypodigm
Media
References
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González-Torres, L. R. and Palmarola Bejerano, A. (2006). Hallazgo de Leptocereus wrightii (Cactaceae) en Puerto Escondido, La Habana. Revista del Jardin Botanico Nacional, Universidad de la Habana 27: 147-148.
González-Torres, L. R., Palmarola, A., Echemendía, Y. and Barrios, D. (2007). Conservation of Leptocereus scopulophilus and L. wrightii, two endemic cacti from Cuba. Cactus World 25 (Supplement): 15-20.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
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Palmarola, A. (2009). Leptocereus wrightii returns to the coast of Havana. Bissea 3(1): 2.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 17 August 2025]
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Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.