Pilosocereus gounellei
Common Name(s): Xique-Xique
Synonym(s): Pilocereus gounellei, Cephalocereus gounellei, Cereus gounellei, Pseudopilocereus gounellei, Pilocereus setosus, Cephalocereus zehntneri, Cereus zehntneri, Pilosocereus zehntneri, Pseudopilocereus zehntneri, Pseudopilocereus superfloccosus, Pilosocereus superfloccosus, Pilosocereus braunii
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Daiv Freeman's Private Collection
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Bahia - Brazil
Photographer: Gilberto Coster
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Morro de Chapeu - Brazil
Photographer: Gerard Ardisson
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Morro de Chapeu - Brazil
Photographer: Gerard Ardisson
Photographer's Website: Click Here
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Gerard Ardisson's Private Collection
Photographer: Gerard Ardisson
Photographer's Website: Click Here
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Pernambuco state - Brazil
Photographer: Ana Taemi
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Bahia - Brazil
Photographer: Ana Taemi
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Pernambuco state - Brazil
Photographer: Ana Taemi
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Bahia Brazil
Photographer: Adilson Peres
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Bahia Brazil
Photographer: Adilson Peres
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P. gounellei
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Picture taken at: Bahia Brazil
Photographer: Adilson Peres
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Pilosocereus gounellei subsp. zehntneri
Common Name(s): Xique-Xique
Synonym(s): Pilocereus gounellei, Cephalocereus gounellei, Cereus gounellei, Pseudopilocereus gounellei, Pilocereus setosus, Cephalocereus zehntneri, Cereus zehntneri, Pilosocereus zehntneri, Pseudopilocereus zehntneri, Pseudopilocereus superfloccosus, Pilosocereus superfloccosus, Pilosocereus braunii
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 2
p.35 - Britton & Rose (1920)Low, much branched, and spreading; branches 3 to 4 cm in diameter, about 9-ribbed, more or less tubercled; areoles 1 to 2 cm apart, long-hairy when young; spines often 30 or more, only slightly spreading, all acicular and bright yellow, the centrals similar to the radials or a little longer, the longer ones 3 to 4 cm long; flowering areoles producing with the flowers long tufts of white wool; flowers slender, tubular, 6 to 7 cm long, white to light cream-colored; inner perianth-segments oblong, obtuse; style slender, glabrous, cone-shaped at base; ovary naked. |
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P. gounellei subsp. zehntneri
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Picture taken at: Gerard Ardisson's Private Collection
Photographer: Gerard Ardisson
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