Pilosocereus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q310377
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Pilosocereus

Summary

Pilosocereus is a taxon[1]. Pilosocereus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pilosocereus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pilosocereus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pilosocereus belongs to the parent taxon Cereeae[5].
  • Pilosocereus is classified within Cereinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pilosocereus is Pilosocereus[7].
  • Pilosocereus's Commons category is recorded as Pilosocereus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Pilosocereus is Pilocereus leucocephalus[9].
  • Pilosocereus's replaced synonym is recorded as Pilocereus[10].
  • Pilosocereus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pilosocereus[11].
  • Pilosocereus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9396[12].
  • Pilosocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'tree cactus'}[13].
  • Pilosocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '毛刺柱属'}[14].
  • Pilosocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '毛柱属'}[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pilosocereus is Pilosocereus[7]. Pilosocereus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Cereeae[5] and Cereinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Pilosocereus is Pilocereus leucocephalus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'tree cactus'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '毛刺柱属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '毛柱属'}[15].

Identifiers

Pilosocereus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 156602[16]. Pilosocereus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 867468[17]. Pilosocereus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61597[18]. Pilosocereus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084370[19]. Pilosocereus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19855[20].

Why It Matters

Pilosocereus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2] Pilosocereus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Pilosocereus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Cereeae, Cereinae
    Topic's main category Category:Pilosocereus
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