Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
in habitat, Abaco Island, Bahamas, 2006
Family: Cactaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles) and South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1002) for rocky hillsides and open coppices on rocky slopes in the northern Commonwealth (regions 10-7).
Comments:
For a recent taxonomic revision of this and other Caribbean
Pilosocereus, see
Franck et al. (2019). Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Cephalocereus bahamensis, Pilosocereus bahamensis;
Pilosocereus polygonus, misapplied.
