Pilosocereus lanuginosus is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to Venezuela, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Leeward Islands. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Cactus lanuginosus.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pilosocereus lanuginosus 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 polygonus
- Pilosocereus armatus
- Pilosocereus curtisii
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus
- Pilosocereus millspaughii
- Pilosocereus pachycladus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pilosocereus
- Species
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus
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