Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley is a plant in the Cactaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley

Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley

Pilosocereus catingicola is a bat-pollinated flowering cactus endemic to northeastern Brazil.

Family
Genus
Pilosocereus
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley

Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D.Rowley is a flowering cactus species belonging to the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to the northeastern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Paraíba, and Bahia. This species is pollinated by bats, specifically by Goldman's nectar bat.

Photo: (c) William R S Maciel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by William R S Maciel · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Cactaceae Pilosocereus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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