Type : "We received, two years ago, cuttings of a flagelliform
Cereus from the Royal Botanic Garden of Hanover bearing the name of "
C. rostratus, Lemaire." [...] Nothing is positively known of its native country ; but it happens that I have in my possession a drawing made in Antigua, undoubtedly of this species ; so that it is probably a native of that island." [protologue].
Origine inconnue [Antigua?], Cutting received from the Royal Botanic Garden of Hanover (LT:
t. 4814 in Bot. Mag. 80. 1854 [désigné par Leuenberger, Fl. Guianas, Ser. A, 18: 22. 1997]).