Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus.
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The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus (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.) Byles & G.D.Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus azulensis N.P.Taylor & Zappi (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus catingicola
- Pilosocereus floccosus Byles & G.D.Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus fulvilanatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus glaucescens
- Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) Byles & G.D.Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus
- Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus multicostatus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, 1957 Robin Tree Cactus, Key Tree Cactus (Florida, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba)[2]
- Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, 1957 (Caribbean, Yucatán Peninsula)
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References
- ^ a b "Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-01. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G. D. Rowley". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
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