Acanthocereus tetragonus

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: Acanthocereus tetragonus

Name

Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm. (1938)

  • Neotype: CURACAO: Without data, Hummelinck 196 (neotype: U).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cactus tetragonus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 466. 1753.
  • Heterotypic
    • Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose,
    • Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 276. 1923.
    • Acanthocereus pitajaya (Jacq.) Dugand ex Croizat
    • Cactus pitajaya Jacq.
    • Cactus prismaticus Willd., Enum. Pl., Suppl. 32. 1814.
    • Cactus tetragonus L., Sp. Pl. 466. 1753.
    • Cereus acutangulus Otto, in Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 107. 1837.
    • Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 211. 1850.
    • Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 77. 1819.
    • Cereus pitajaya (Jacq.) DC.
    • Cereus sirul F.A.C.Weber, in Gosselin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 384. 1904.
    • Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
    • Cereus validus Haw., Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 10: 430. 1831 .
    • Cereus vasmerae M.J.Young, Fl. Texas 276. 1873.
    • Piptanthocereus validus (Haw.) Riccob., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 234. 1909 , as to type.

Note:

The following names are traditionally placed here, but might by synonymous with Cereus fernambucensis Lem. (Motram 2013).

  • Cactus pentagonus L., Sp. Pl. 467. 1753.
    • Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432. 1909.
    • Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 180. 1812.

References

  • Humm. (1938) Succulenta (Netherlands). 20: 165.
  • Mottram, R. (2013) Linnaean cactus legacy. The Cactician 3: 1–83 .
  • USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acanthocereus tetragonus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 07-Oct-06.
  • Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 04 Feb 2009 .
  • Wunderlin, R.P., and Hansen, B.F.. (2008) Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. (Accessed 4 February 2009) .

Vernacular names

English: Barbed-wire cactus
español: Cardón, Pitahaya anaranjada
svenska: Snårpelarkaktus
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