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	Family Name:	Cactaceae
	Currently Accepted Name:	Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G. D. Rowley - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1994
	Determination History:	Cephalocereus polygonus (Lam.) Britton & Rose
	Locality:	Dominican Republic. La Romana Prov. 1.2 km E of La Romana on main highway, then 8.2 km N of paved road. 18º 25’ 37” N -68º -58’ -19” W
	Habitat:	Low, dry forest.
	Collector:	R. P. Sauleda 7455 with D.K. Sauleda, M.E. Ragan, D.D. Dodd
	Date:	19 Aug 1982
	Accession No:	167361
	Image:	167361.jpg
	Plant Atlas Link:	Plant Atlas Citation

	Family Name:	Cactaceae
	Currently Accepted Name:	Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G. D. Rowley - Determined By: A. R. Franck, 25-Mar-2016
	Determination History:	Pilosocereus bahamensis (Britton) Byles & G. D. Rowley
	Locality:	Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
	Description:	Large clonal, multi-stemmed plant, over 7 m tall, mostly green, rarely with glaucous areas; young spines yellow turning whitish brown (tan); flowers 6 cm long with long hairs at base; perianth segments acute; styles slightly exserted.
	Habitat:	Low hammock ridge in the middle of mangrove swamp; with Eugenia foetida, Pithecellobium keyense, Krugiodendron ferreum, Morinda royoc, Coccoloba diversifolia, Zanthoxylum fagara, Capparis flexuosa, Sideroxylon celastrinum.
	Reproductive State:	Flower
	Collector:	K. A. Bradley 2335 with R. Hammer, J. Duquesnel
	Date:	06 Apr 2002
	Accession No:	272460
	Image:	272460.jpg
	Plant Atlas Link:	Plant Atlas Citation

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