Pilosocereus moritzianus

Pilosocereus moritzianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Pilosocereus
Species:	P. moritzianus
Binomial name
	Pilosocereus moritzianus; (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
Synonyms
	List Cephalocereus backebergii (Weing.) Borg ; Cephalocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Borg ; Cephalocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose ; Cereus backebergii Weing. ; Cereus claroviridis Backeb. ; Cereus moritzianus Otto ex Pfeiff. ; Pilocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Backeb. ; Pilocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Lem. ; Pilosocereus backebergii (Weing.) Byles & G.D.Rowley ; Pilosocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley ; Pilosocereus lanuginosus subsp. moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Guiggi ;

Pilosocereus moritzianus is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to Trinidad and Tobago and the Venezuelan Antilles in the Caribbean and to Venezuela in northern South America. It was first described by in 1837 as Cereus moritzianus. It was subsequently placed in the genus Cephalocereus before being moved to Pilosocereus in 1957. It has also been treated as a subspecies of Pilosocereus lanuginosus, P. lanuginosus subsp. moritzianus.