Pilosocereus catingicola
Habitus of Pilosocereus catingicola subsp. salvadorensis (Werderm.) Zappi[1]
Flower in detail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species:
P. catingicola
Binomial name
Pilosocereus catingicola
(Gürke) Byles & G.D. Rowley 1957

Pilosocereus catingicola is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is endemic in northeastern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Paraíba, Bahia.[3][4][1][2]

The plant is bat-pollinated, by Goldman's nectar bat.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Emerson Antônio Rocha Melo de Lucena (2007), Fenologia, biologia da polinização e da reprodução de Pilosocereus Byles & Rowley (Cactaceae) no nordeste do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese), Recife, Federal University of Pernambuco, Wikidata Q94154417{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 Zappi, D.; Taylor, N.P. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Pilosocereus catingicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62376A121561576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62376A121561576.en. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Pilosocereus catingicola". tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  4. ↑ Zappi, D.; Taylor, N.P. 2020. Cactaceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Access date:2021-06-01
Flower visitation by Goldman's nectar bat


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