Pierrebraunia

Pierrebraunia is a former Genus of cacti found in Brazil named after Pierre Josef Braun described by Eddie Esteves in 1997. species in this genus have been moved to pilosocereus and Arrojadoa.^[1]

Pierrebraunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Subtribe:	Cereinae
Genus:	Pierrebraunia Esteves
Type species
Pierrebraunia brauniorum
Species
See text.

species

Image	Name	Distribution
	Pierrebraunia brauniorum (Esteves) N.P.Taylor & Zappi	Minas Gerais – Brazil
	Pierrebraunia bahiensis (P.J.Braun & Esteves)	Bahia – Brazil
	Pierrebraunia eddie-estevesii P.J.Braun	Minas Gerais – Brazil