Pilosocereus moritzianus
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| Pilosocereus moritzianus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pilosocereus |
| Species: | P. moritzianus |
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| Pilosocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Byles & G.D.Rowley[1] | |
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Pilosocereus moritzianus is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to Trinidad and Tobago and the Venezuelan Antilles in the Caribbean and to Venezuela in northern South America.[1] It was first described in 1837 as Cereus moritzianus.[2] It was subsequently placed in the genus Cephalocereus before being moved to Pilosocereus in 1957. It has also been treated as a subspecies of Pilosocereus lanuginosus, P. lanuginosus subsp. moritzianus.[1]
Pilosocereus moritzianus has green to somewhat bluish green stems with 7–10 ribs. Its branches are ascending, some completely upright. The areoles have rigid spines up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long that are yellow to brown when young. Flowering areoles have dense tufts of silky hairs up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. Non-flowering areoles have fewer hairs. The flowers are 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) long with bluish green outer segments (tepals) and white inner segments. The fruit is red.[3]