Acanthocereus tetragonus

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Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Acanthocereus
Species: Acanthocereus tetragonus

Name[edit]

Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm. (1938)

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

Synonyms[edit]

  • Cactus tetragonus L., Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
  • Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Cereus No. 2. 1768 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
    • Cactus pentagonus L., Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
  • Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 180. 1812 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
  • Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 122. 1920 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
    • Cactus pitajaya Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 23. 1760 syn. sec. Anderson 2005
    •  Cereus pitajaya (Jacq.) DC., Prodr. 3: 466. 1828 syn. sec. Anderson 2005
    •  Acanthocereus pitajaya (Jacq.) Dugand ex Croizat in Caldasia 2: 135. 1943 syn. sec. Gómez-Hinostrosa 2006
    • Cactus prismaticus Willd., Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 32. 1814 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 77. 1819 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 335. 1840 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
    • Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 468. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus tetragonus var. ramosior Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 432. 1830 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus tetragonus var. minor Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 337. 1834 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus acutangulus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Acanthocereus acutangulus (Pfeiff.) A.Berger, Kakteen: 337, indice 124. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Cereus baxaniensis Karw. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
  • Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 132. 1937 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
    • Cereus princeps Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiff.) Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 5. 1963 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Cereus ramosus Karw. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus undulatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus tetragonus var. major Salm-Dyck ex Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 277. 1843 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus pentagonus C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 389. 1846 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 211. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus variabilis Engelm., Descr. Cactaceae: 40. 1856 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus vasmerii Young, Fl. Texas: 276. 1873 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus babosus F.A.C.Weber in Schumann, Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 84. 1897 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
    • Cereus dussii K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 89. 1897 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus sirul F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11: 384. 1904 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 122. 1920 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
    • Acanthocereus horridus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 122, fig. 181. 1920 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
    • Acanthocereus occidentalis Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 125, fig. 185. 1920 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
    • Acanthocereus subinermis Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 125. 1920 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
    • Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 276. 1923 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Cereus horribilis A.Berger, Kakteen: 124, 338. 1929 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Acanthocereus tetragonus var. micracanthus Dugand in Phytologia 13: 383. 1966 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
    • Cereus reptans Haw. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 335. 1840, nom. inval., syn. sec. Steudel 1840

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Aruba, Cuba , Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Colombia, Venezuela
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Florida
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Texas
    • Introduced into:
      • New Caledonia, Queensland

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

  • Humm. (1938) Succulenta (Netherlands). 20: 165.

Additional references[edit]

Links[edit]

Vernacular names[edit]

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