Pilosocereus
Pilosocereus | |
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Pilosocereus catingicola | |
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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(unranked): | Core eudicots
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Family: | Cactaceae
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Genus: | Pilosocereus & G. D. Rowley
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Species | |
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Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus native to the Neotropics. Tree cactus is a common name for Pilosocereus species.[2]
The commonly cultivated (syn. Pilosocerus azureus) is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden spines.
Synonymy[]
The genera Pilocereus K.Schum. and Pseudopilocereus Buxb. are synonyms of this genus.[1]
Selected species[]
- Pilosocereus arrabidae (Lem.) & Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus azulensis N.P.Taylor & Zappi (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus catingicola
- Pilosocereus floccosus & Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus fulvilanatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) & Rowley (Brazil)
- (endemic to Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao)
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus & Rowley (Mexico and Central America)
- Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus multicostatus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) & Rowley (Brazil)
- (Lam.) & Rowley (endemic to Hispaniola)
- Pilosocereus robinii (Robin Tree Cactus, Key Tree Cactus, Northern Bahamas, Florida and Western Cuba)
- Pilosocereus royenii (L.) & Rowley (West Indies and Mexico)
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References[]
- ^ a b "Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-01. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pilosocereus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
Categories:
- Pilosocereus
- Cacti of North America
- Cacti of South America
- Cactoideae genera
- Cactus stubs