Lophocereus gatesii is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lophocereus gatesii 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
- Stenocereus heptagonus
- Stenocereus gummosus
- Lemaireocereus hollianus
- Lophocereus schottii
- Stenocereus griseus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Lophocereus
- Species
- Lophocereus gatesii
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