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(Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus)

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Description

Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus is a species of Magnoliopsida first described by Labor, and given its simplified Asian name by Byles and Gordon Douglas Rowley. Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus belongs to the genus Pilosocereus, and the family Cactaceae. 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:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Pilosocereus
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