Pilosocereus
Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus native to the Neotropics. Tree cactus is a common name for Pilosocereus species.[2]
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The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn. Pilosocereus azureus) is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden spines.
Selected species
- Pilosocereus arrabidae (Lem.) Byles & Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus azulensis N.P.Taylor & Zappi (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus catingicola
- Pilosocereus floccosus Byles & Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus fulvilanatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus glaucescens
- Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) Byles & Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus (endemic to Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao)
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus Byles & Rowley (Mexico and Central America)
- Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus multicostatus F.Ritter
- Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Byles & Rowley (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley (endemic to Hispaniola)
- Pilosocereus robinii (Robin Tree Cactus, Key Tree Cactus, Northern Bahamas, Florida and Western Cuba)
- Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & Rowley (West Indies and Mexico)
Pilosocereus azureus
Pilosocereus pachycladus in a greenhouse in Kalimpong
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References
- "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.
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