Acanthocereus tetragonus

Acanthocereus tetragonus

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: Hylocereeae
Genus: Acanthocereus
Species: Acanthocereus tetragonus

Name

Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm. (1938)

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

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

Additional references

• Mottram, R. (2013) Linnaean cactus legacy. The Cactician 3: 1–83 [1].
• 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) [2].
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Acanthocereus tetragonus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Acanthocereus tetragonus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Acanthocereus tetragonus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 21 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Acanthocereus tetragonus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Acanthocereus tetragonus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 21. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acanthocereus tetragonus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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

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