Golden old man

(Pilosocereus chrysacanthus)

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Description

A species of flowering plant is Pilosocereus chrysacanthus.It was first described by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber, and given the exact name of Byles and Gordon Douglas Rowley. Pilosocereus chrysacanthus belongs to the genus Pilosocereus, and family Cactaceae.There is no listed species like it. Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus native to the Neotropics. Tree cactus is a common name for Pilosocereus species. The commonly cultivated Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn. Pilosocerus azureus) is a blue cactus with hairy areoles that emit golden spines.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Pilosocereus
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