Pilosocereus

Pilosocereus
	Pilosocereus catingicola
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]

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 (endemic to Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao))
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 (endemic to Hispaniola)
Pilosocereus robinii (Robin Tree Cactus, Key Tree Cactus, Northern Bahamas, Florida and Western Cuba)
Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, 1957 (endemic to Puerto Rico and the Virgin islands)

Pilosocereus azureus

"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.
"Pilosocereus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

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