Pilosocereus

Pilosocereus
	File:Pilosocereus azureus0.jpg
	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.

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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]

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)^[3]
Pilosocereus robinii
Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, 1957 (Caribbean, Yucatán Peninsula)

Pilosocereus azureus

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