Pilosocereus lanuginosus
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| Pilosocereus lanuginosus | |
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| In Arikok National Park, Aruba | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pilosocereus |
| Species: | P. lanuginosus |
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| Pilosocereus lanuginosus (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley[1] | |
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Pilosocereus lanuginosus is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Leeward Islands.[1][2] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Cactus lanuginosus.[3]
Pilosocereus lanuginosus has bluish to greenish stems that are strongly glaucous and have 9–13 ribs. Its branches are usually ascending, sometimes completely upright. The areoles have rigid spines up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long that are golden yellow when young. They often spread and overlap. Flowering areoles have silky hairs up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long in dense tufts. Non-flowering areoles have few hairs. The flowers are 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) long, with glaucous green outer segments (tepals) and white inner segments. The fruit is red.[2]