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Pilosocereus samanensis is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, endemic to the northeast of the Dominican Republic. It was first described in 2021. P. samanensis has also been considered to fall within the normal variability of P. polygonus, and so not a distinct species.
Pilosocereus samanensis is endemic to the northeast of the Dominican Republic, where it has only been found on the Samaná peninsula. Most of the peninsula has a high rainfall so that the habitat is generally unsuitable for cacti. P. samanensis occurs only on steep rocky cliffs on the coast, along with other xerophytic plants such as Agave and Opuntia.
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 samanensis 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.
