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Greater Antillean Tree Cactus

Pilosocereus millspaughii

Greater Antillean Tree Cactus
Photo: Luke Padon, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Tree, Succulent
Native range
Florida (Key Largo) to S. Bahamas and Haiti
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pilosocereus millspaughii, commonly called the Key Largo tree cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to The Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was also native to Florida, but is now locally extinct there due to sea level rise. It was first described by Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1909 as Cephalocereus millspaughii.

Where it grows

As of June 2025, Pilosocereus millspaughii is considered to be native to The Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, and the Turks and Caicos Islands and to be extinct in Florida, although its identification outside The Bahamas has been considered "tentative".

Other Pilosocereus plants

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 millspaughii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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