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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & Rowley

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011, with Bromelia pinguin

Family: Cactaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Epiphyte

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range:

NatureServe Global Status: Critically Imperiled

United States Federal Status: Endangered

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Possibly Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

South Florida History and Distribution:

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments:

Synonyms:

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Possibly Extirpated

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution:

Other data on Pilosocereus polygonus available from :






Pilosocereus polygonus has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Rockland Hammock


All Images:

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011, with Bromelia pinguin

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011

Pilosocereus polygonus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011, with Zamia pumila