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.
Description.
"Cereus lepidotus" is an arborescent, poorly known species of cacti. It is possibly synonymus 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"
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.