PLANTS Profile for Pilosocereus polygonus (Deering's tree cactus)

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Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley
Deering's tree cactus

Symbol:

PIPO4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

Cereus robinii

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Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

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Synonyms:
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

CEDE9	Cephalocereus deeringii Small
CEKE2	Cephalocereus keyensis Britton & Rose
CERO3	Cereus robinii (Lem.) L.D. Benson
CEROD	Cereus robinii (Lem.) L.D. Benson var. deeringii (Small) L.D. Benson
CEROK	Cereus robinii (Lem.) L.D. Benson var. keyensis (Britton & Rose) L.D. Benson ex Long & Lakela
PIRO8	Pilocereus robinii Lem.
PIBA4	Pilosocereus bahamensis (Britton) Byles & Rowley
PIRO5	Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles & Rowley	Key tree cactus
PIROD	Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles & Rowley var. deeringii (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi	Deering's tree cactus
PIROR2	Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles & Rowley var. robinii	Key tree cactus

Distribution:
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley


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USA (FL)

Related Taxa:
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 2 species in Pilosocereus

Classification:
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Pilosocereus Byles & Rowley – tree cactus
Species	Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley – Deering's tree cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
Pilosocereus robinii
Key tree cactus		Endangered
Florida:
Cereus robinii
tree cactus		Endangered
Pilosocereus bahamensis
Bahamian treecactus		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 09:39 AM MDT