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Pilosocereus machrisii is a columnar succulent cactus shrub from seasonally dry tropical Brazil, grown as a sun-loving, drought-tolerant plant. Botanists disagree on its exact boundaries, so it is sometimes confused with related Pilosocereus species.
Pilosocereus machrisii is a species of Pilosocereus found in from West Bahia to Minas Gerais, Brazil. The cricumscription of this species is not well agreed upon by botanists.
Pilosocereus albisummus · Pilosocereus alensis · Pilosocereus armatus · Pilosocereus arrabidae · Pilosocereus aureispinus · Pilosocereus aurisetus · Pilosocereus azulensis · Pilosocereus brasiliensis · Pilosocereus brevispinus · Pilosocereus brooksianus · Pilosocereus catalani · Pilosocereus catimbauensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pilosocereus machrisii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
