| Pilosocereus | |
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| Pilosocereus catingicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Cereeae |
| Subtribe: | Cereinae |
| Genus: | Pilosocereus Byles & G.D.Rowley[1] |
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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.[2] The genera Caerulocereus and Pseudopilocereus are synonyms of this genus.[1]
The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn. Pilosocereus azureus) is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden spines.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
POWO_299077-2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pilosocereus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 October 2015.