Puerto Rico Apple-cactus (Leptocereus grantianus)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Cactaceae
State: PR, VI
Nature Serve ID: 138780
Lifeform: Shrub
Categories of Interest: Cacti/Succulents
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Puerto Rico Apple-cactus (Leptocereus grantianus) located in the wild?

Habitat:

crumbling rocky bank above seepage

States & Provinces:

Puerto Rico Apple-cactus can be found in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Which CPC Partners conserve Puerto Rico Apple-cactus (Leptocereus grantianus)?

St. George Village Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Only one population of about 50 individuals is known to exist in Culebra, an island located just off the northeastern corner of Puerto Rico. The one known population is threatened by agriculture, urban development, and possibly storm surges and sea level rise.

01/01/2010

cut up and fed to livestock landslide development in nearby areas

01/01/2010

54 individuals in 1 population at 1 site