Pilosocereus pachycladus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species: Pilosocereus pachycladus
Subspecies: P. p. subsp. pachycladus – P. p. subsp. pernambucoensis – P. p. subsp. veridis
Name

Pilosocereus pachycladus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 70 (-71). 1979.
Synonyms

Pseudopilocereus pachycladus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 140. 1994 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pilocereus glaucescens Labour., Monogr. Cact.: 279. 1853 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Cephalocereus glaucescens (Labour.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 108. 1937 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Pilosocereus glaucescens (Labour.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Pseudopilocereus glaucescens (Labour.) Buxb. in Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 44: 252. 1968 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pseudopilocereus azureus Buining & Brederoo in Kakteen And. Sukk. 26: 241. 1975 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pilosocereus atroflavispinus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 68. 1979 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pseudopilocereus atroflavispinus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 140. 1994 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pilosocereus azureus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 73. 1979 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pseudopilocereus azureus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 140. 1994 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pilosocereus oreus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 69. 1979 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pseudopilocereus oreus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 140. 1994 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pilosocereus superbus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 67. 1979 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pseudopilocereus superbus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 141. 1994 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
Pilosocereus superbus var. gacapaensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 68. 1979 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pseudopilocereus superbus var. gacapaensis (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 141. 1994 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilosocereus superbus var. lanosior F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 68. 1979 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pseudopilocereus superbus var. lanosior (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 141. 1994 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilosocereus superbus var. regius F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 67. 1979 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pseudopilocereus superbus var. regius (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath in Calyx 4: 141. 1994 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilosocereus schoebelii P.J.Braun in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 59: 150. 1987 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Brazil
Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast
Introduced into:
Canary Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Ritter, F. (1979) Kakteen Südamerika 1: 70 (-71).

Additional references

Verloove, F. & al. (2017). New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 35: 58-79.
Hunt, D. (2016). CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1-174. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus pachycladus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 02. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus pachycladus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pilosocereus pachycladus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pilosocereus pachycladus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 08.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pilosocereus pachycladus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 08. Reference page.

Vernacular names
português: Facheiro, Facheiro Azul, Mandacarú de Facho