Pilosocereus auristetus is a species of cactus native to Minas Gerais, Brazil and was first described in 1957.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pilosocereus aurisetus 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
- Micranthocereus purpureus
- Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
- Espostoa lanata
- Cleistocactus buchtienii
- Cleistocactus strausii
- Coleocephalocereus fluminensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pilosocereus
- Species
- Pilosocereus aurisetus
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