Pilosocereus

Pilosocereus
Pilosocereus azureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Byles & G. D. Rowley
Species

See text

Synonyms

Pilocereus K.Schum.
Pseudopilocereus Buxb.[1]

Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus. Tree cactus is a common name for Pilosocereus species.[2]

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 azureus
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References

  1. 1 2 "Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-01. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. "Pilosocereus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. "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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