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Cereus leucanthus (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Pfeiff.
Enum. Cact. 71. 1837 ( see also: Curtis's Bot. Mag. 77: pi. 4567)
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis leucantha (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Walp.
Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) ii. 324. 1843 Walp.

Cereus leucanthus (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis leucantha (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Walp.
Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) ii. 324. 1843
Synonymy: 17
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Queen of the Night, Easter Lily Cactus, Turkey-head cactus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis leucantha group


23595 carolina Carolina González
Cereus leucanthus (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González
23456 carolina Carolina González
Flower in habitat. (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González

17338 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus leucanthus (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
26052 paolo Paolo Di Varena
Cereus leucanthus (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Paolo Di Varena

23458 carolina Carolina González
A large clump. (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González
23594 carolina Carolina González
Mature fruit and seed. (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González

23460 carolina Carolina González
Cereus leucanthus (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González
23455 carolina Carolina González
Flower (detail with the exoskeleton of an insect) in habitat. (Echinopsis leucantha) Photo by: Carolina González

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Flower in habitat.
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