Species: 36.
- Pilosocereus albisumus P. J. Braun et Esteves 1987, (wastern Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus alensis (F. A. C. Weber ex Roland-Gosselin) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Mexico)
- Pilosocereus arrabidae (Lemaire) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining et Brederoo) F. Ritter 1979, (central Bahia, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus aurisetus (Werdermann) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus azulensis N. P. Taylor et Zappi 1997, (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus brasiliensis (Britton et Rose) Backeberg 1960, (southern Bahia, Espirito Santo, eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus catingicola (Guercke) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus chrysacanthus (F. A. C. Weber) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Pueblo, Oaxaca, Mexico)
- Pilosocereus chrystele (Vaupel) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus densiareolatus F. Ritter 1979, (northern Minas Gerasi, western Bahia, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus diersianus (Esteves) P. J. Baun 1988, (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus estevesii P. J. Baun 1999, (Bahia, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus (Buining et Brederoo) F. Ritter 1980, (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus floccosus Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus fluvilanatus (Buining et Brederoo) F. Ritter 1979, (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werdermann) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Bahia, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus gounellei (F. A. C. Weber) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (northeastern Brazil)
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus (Linnaeus) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (northern South America)
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselger) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
= Cephalocereus palmeri Rose 1909
= Pilosocereus palmeri (Rose) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957
- Pilosocereus marchrisii (E. Y. Dawson) Backeberg 1960, (western Brazil, eastern Paraguay)
- Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining et Brederoo) F. Ritter 1979, (northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus multicostatus F. Ritter 1979, (northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus occultiflorus P. J. Braun et Esteves 1999, (western Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus oligolepis (Vaupel) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (northern Brazil, southeastern Guyana)
- Pilosocereus pachycladus F. Ritter 1979, (northeastern Brazil)
- Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Cels) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerasi, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Guercke) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Brazil)
- Pilosocereus polygonus (Lamarck) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
- Pilosocereus purpusii (Britton et Rose) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Mexico)
- Pilosocereus quadricentralis (E. Y. Dawson) Backeberg 1960, (Oaxaca, Chiapas, Mexico)
- Pilosocereus royenii (Linnaeus) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (Caribbean)
- Pilosocereus x subsimilis Rizzini et A. Mattos 1986, (northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus tuberculatus (Werdermann) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (northern Bahia, Pernambuco, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus ulei (K. Schumann) Byles et G. D. Rowley 1957, (southeastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Pilosocereus vilaboensis (Diers et Esteves) P. J. Braun 1988, (western central Goiás, Brazil)
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