Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus

Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species: Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus

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Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Cereus pentaedrophorus Labour., Monogr. Cact. 365. 1853.
  • Homotypic
    • Cephalocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 31, fig. 31-33, & pl. 4. 1920.
    • Pilocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Console ex Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2, 679. 1886, nom. inval.
    • Pseudopilocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Buxb., Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 44(2): 253. 1968.
  • Heterotypic
    • Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus subsp. robustus Zappi, Pilosocereus (Cactac.): gen. Brazil (Succ. Pl. Res., 3) 74. 1994.
    • Cereus pentagonus var. glaucus C.Morel ex Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 365. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus pentalophorus Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 365. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Pilocereus polyedrophorus Lem. in Rev. Hort. 1862: 428. 1862 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Brazil
      • NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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