Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Phyllocacteae
Subtribus: Hylocereinae
Genus: Acanthocereus
Species: A. castellae A. chiapensis A. baxaniensis A. cuixmalensis A. fosterianus A. hirschtianus A. horridus A. macdougallii A. maculatus A. marnierianus A. oaxacensis A. occidentalis A. rosei A. subinermis A. tepalcatepecanus A. tetragonus

Name

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cereus subg. Acanthocereus Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 2: 202–204. 1863.
  • Homotypic
    • Cereus subsect. Acanthocereus (Engelm.) A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 77. 1905
  • Heterotypic
    • Cereus [infragen.unranked] Acutanguli Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 49. 1850.
    • Cereus [infragen.unranked] Articulati Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1841: 29. 1841, p.p.
    • Cereus [infragen.unranked] Extensi Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 107. 1837, nom. illeg. (Art. 53.1)
    • Cereus [infragen.unranked] Variabiles Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 49. 1850.
    • Peniocereus subg. Pseudoacanthocereus Sanchez-Mej., Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 38. 1974.

Notes:

  • The genus is sometimes treated as monotypic.

References

  • Arias, S. & al. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships in Peniocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data. Journal of Plant Research 118 (5): 317–328.
  • Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1909) Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432.
  • Hunt, D. (1991) Bradleya 9: 82.
  • Hunt, D. (1998) Further notes on Acanthocereus (Engelmann ex Berger) B. and R. Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives 5: 15–17.
  • Hunt, D. (2000) Notes on miscellaneous genera of Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae. Acanthocereus. Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 9: 13–15.

Vernacular names

English: Barbed-wire cactus, sword-pear, triangle cactus
lietuvių: Sijūnas
svenska: Snårpelarkaktussläktet
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