Pilosocereus kanukuensis
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| Pilosocereus kanukuensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pilosocereus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D.Rowley |
| Species: | P. kanukuensis |
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| Pilosocereus kanukuensis (Alexander) Leuenb. | |
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Pilosocereus kanukuensis is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to the slopes of the Kanuku Mountains in Guyana. Its natural habitat is seasonally dry slopes.[2] It is known from only one collection made in 1938. It is sometimes considered conspecific with Pilosocereus oligolepis.
