Cactaceae

Pilosocereus Byles & G.D.Rowley

First published in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 66 (1957)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Florida to Caribbean, Mexico to Nicaragua, S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Bahamas, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Canary Is., St.Helena

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • de Vos, J.M., Eggli, U., Nyffeler, R., Larridon, I., McGinnie, C., Epitawalage, N., Maurin, O., Forest, F. & Baker, W.J. (2025). Phylogenomics and classification of Cactaceae based on hundreds of nuclear genes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 311-28: 1-53.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2013 Zappi, D.C.; Costa, C.B.; Aona, L.; Bellinello, R. [473] Brazil K000542919 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Nonato, F.R.; Correia, C.; Smidt, E.; Silva, V.P. [974] Brazil K000634443 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Harley, R., M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [25533] Brazil K:SPC-77027.000 No
Jan 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [27384] Brazil K:SPC-77049.000 No
Jan 1, 1989 Harley, R., M. [25535] Brazil K:SPC-77029.000 No
Jan 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N. [25562a] Brazil K:SPC-77046.000 No
Venezuela K:SPC-73425.000 No
Hunt [5402] Brazil K000101792 Yes
Harley, R.M. [16729] Brazil K:SPC-43908.000 No
K:SPC-51845.000 No
Braun [70] Brazil K:SPC-54711.000 Isotype No
Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.C. [763] Brazil K000101818 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Stannard, B.; Hind, D.J.N.; Kameyama, C.; Prado, J.; Rudall, P.; Simão, R.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [25150] Brazil K:SPC-76085.000 No
Harley et al [25220] Brazil K000101791 Yes
Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.C. [756] Brazil K000101806 Yes
Burgess [197] Guyana K:SPC-56070.000 No
Harley et al [25533] Brazil K000101820 Yes
Harley et al [25535] Brazil K000101807 Yes
Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.C. [755] Brazil K000101819 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0