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Scientific Name: Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gurke) Byles & Rose
Synonym: Cephalocereus piauhyensis, Cereus piauhyensis, Pilocereus piauhyensis, Pilosocereus gaturianensis, Pilosocereus mucosiflorus, Pilosocereus piauhyensis ssp. gaturianensis , Pilosocereus piauhyensis ssp. mucosiflorus , Pseudopilocereus gaturianensis, Pseudopilocereus mucosiflorus, Pseudopilocereus piauhyensis
Family: Cactaceae

An antique picture, as Cephalocereus piauhyensis, in Britton and Rose's The Cactaceae

Origin: Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte: Piaui)

Borg (1937) reports that it prefers half-shade

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