[Specimen details]

Pilosocereus millspaughii
Family Name Cactaceae
Currently Accepted Name Pilosocereus millspaughii (Britton) Byles & G. D. Rowley - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Jul 2023
Determination History
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G. D. Rowley - Determined By: A. R. Franck, 25-Mar-2016
Pilosocereus bahamensis (Britton) Byles & G. D. Rowley
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Large clonal, multi-stemmed plant, over 7 m tall, mostly green, rarely with glaucous areas; young spines yellow turning whitish brown (tan); flowers 6 cm long with long hairs at base; perianth segments acute; styles slightly exserted.
Habitat Low hammock ridge in the middle of mangrove swamp; with Eugenia foetida, Pithecellobium keyense, Krugiodendron ferreum, Morinda royoc, Coccoloba diversifolia, Zanthoxylum fagara, Capparis flexuosa, Sideroxylon celastrinum.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector K. A. Bradley 2335
with R. Hammer, J. Duquesnel
Collection Date 06 Apr 2002
Accession Number 272460
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