Accession Data

Pilosocereus polygonus

Common Name: Key Tree Cactus

Family: Cactaceae

Country of Origin: Dominican Republic

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession #: 201200068

Accession Date: 2012-12-17 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2213

Quantity: 1

Source: Chad Husby / FTBG

Provenance:

Locality: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PEDERNALES, Southeast of Pedernales, along Route 44, north of Parque Nacional Jaragua, 50m off roadside.  

Lat: 18.01289N
Lon: -71.69514 W
Elev: 5-10m
Habitat: Dry thorn scrub, cattle present.
B. Jestrow 2012-320 23JUL2012
T. Clase, C. Husby, J. Lopez

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Cactaceae

SubFamily: Cactoideae

Tribe: Cereeae

SubTribe: Cereinae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, August 08, 2016.
  2. Pilosocereus polygonus at IUCN RedList. Last accessed on Monday, August 08, 2016.

Images

Pilosocereus polygonus