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 genera Caerulocereus and Pseudopilocereus are synonyms of this genus.[1]
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| Pilosocereus catingicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Cereeae |
| Subtribe: | Cereinae |
| Genus: | Pilosocereus Byles & G.D.Rowley[1] |
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The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn. Pilosocereus azureus) is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden spines.
Species edit
As of October 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]
- Pilosocereus albisummus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Pilosocereus alensis (F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus armatus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) A.R.Franck
- Pilosocereus arrabidae (Steud.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus aurisetus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus azulensis N.P.Taylor & Zappi
- Pilosocereus bohlei Hofacker
- Pilosocereus brasiliensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
- Pilosocereus brevispinus Hoxey & Gdaniec
- Pilosocereus brooksianus (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus catalani (Riccob.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus catimbauensis (N.P.Taylor & Albuq.-Lima) N.P.Taylor & Albuq.-Lima
- Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus chrysacanthus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus chrysostele (Vaupel) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus collinsii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus colombianus (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus curtisii (Otto) A.R.Franck
- Pilosocereus densiareolatus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus diersianus (Esteves) P.J.Braun
- Pilosocereus excelsus Hoxey & Gdaniec
- Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus flexibilispinus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Pilosocereus floccosus Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus fulvilanatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus gaumeri (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
- Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus jamaicensis Proctor
- Pilosocereus juaruensis (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun
- Pilosocereus kanukuensis (Alexander) Leuenb.
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus machrisii (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb.
- Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter ex D.R.Hunt
- Pilosocereus millspaughii (Britton) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus mollispinus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Pilosocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus multicostatus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus occultiflorus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Pilosocereus oligolepis (Vaupel) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus pachycladus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus parvus (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun
- Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus × pseudosuperfloccosus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Pilosocereus purpusii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus pusillibaccatus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Pilosocereus quadricentralis (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb.
- Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus rosae P.J.Braun
- Pilosocereus samanensis Hoxey & Gdaniec
- Pilosocereus splendidus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus × subsimilis Rizzini & A.Mattos
- Pilosocereus tillianus R.Gruber & Schatzl
- Pilosocereus vilaboensis (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun
- Pilosocereus zahrae P.J.Braun
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Pilosocereus Byles & G.D.Rowley". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pilosocereus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
External links edit
Media related to Pilosocereus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pilosocereus at Wikispecies
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