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Pilosocereus jamaicensis
Pilosocereus jamaicensis is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. It was first described in 2019. It has also been treated as a subspecies of Pilosocereus polygonus, P. polygonus subsp. jamaicensis.
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Description
Pilosocereus jamaicensis has greyish stems, from glaucous grey to glaucous green, with 9–16 ribs. Its branches are usually upright. The areoles have rigid spines up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. Flowering areoles have silky hairs up to 2 cm (0.8 in) long in dense tufts. Non-flowering areoles lack these hairs. The flowers are 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) long, with green or pinkish green outer segments (tepals) and white inner segments. The fruit is red.
Range & habitat
Pilosocereus jamaicensis is native to the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. It has been suggested that plants found in the Cayman Islands may be a distinct species; those from western Cayman Brac and Little Cayman appear to have lost their silky hairs by the time flowers and fruits mature, whereas those from eastern Cayman Brac have not. In Jamaica, populations are found on the northern and southern coasts as well as in the centre.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 925097.