Pilosocereus
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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. The genus Pseudopilocereus is a synonym of this genus. For many years, the illegitimate name Pilocereus was used for this genus, although properly a synonym for Cephalocereus. The subdivision of the genus has varied very widely, resulting in very different numbers of species being accepted.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 142
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, UFRGS, UFG, UFPB, UNIVASF, ESALQ
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brasil
Wikidata facts
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- Pilosocereus leucocephalus Habitus BotGardBln0906a.JPG
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- 毛柱属
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Natural hybrids
- × ''Colosocereus''
- × ''Microsocereus''
- Species
- References
- External links
Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus native to the Neotropics. Tree cactus is a common name for Pilosocereus species. The genus Pseudopilocereus is a synonym of this genus. For many years, the illegitimate name Pilocereus was used for this genus, although properly a synonym for Cephalocereus. The subdivision of the genus has varied very widely, resulting in very different numbers of species being accepted.
The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn. Pilosocereus azureus) is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden spines.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pilosocereus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.