Pilosocereus armatus is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. It was first described by Christoph Friedrich Otto in 1837 as Cereus armatus, and transferred to the genus Pilosocereus in 2021. It has been treated as Pilosocereus royenii, and Pilocereus royenii var. armatus is among its many synonyms. However, P. royenii is a name without a clear application.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pilosocereus armatus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus
- Pilosocereus polygonus
- Pilosocereus curtisii
- Pilosocereus millspaughii
- Cereus repandus
- Pilosocereus ulei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pilosocereus
- Species
- Pilosocereus armatus
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