Acanthocereus

Acanthocereus
A. tetragonus flower (right), A. subinermis flower and fruit (left)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Hylocereeae
Genus: Acanthocereus
(Engelm. ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose[1]
Type species
Acanthocereus baxaniensis (now a synonym of Acanthocereus tetragonus)
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Monvillea Britton & Rose
  • Peniocereus subg. Pseudoacanthocereus Sánchez-Mejorada

Acanthocereus is a genus of cacti. Its species take the form of shrubs with arching or climbing stems up to several meters in height. The generic name is derived from the Greek word άκανθα (acantha), meaning spine,[3] and the Latin word cereus, meaning candle.[4] The genus is native to the mostly tropical Americas from Texas and the southern tip of Florida to the northern part of South America (Colombia and Venezuela), including islands of the Caribbean.[5]

  1. ^ "Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A. Berger) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference KoroBorsAria17 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  4. ^ Couplan, François; James Duke (1998). Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-87983-821-8.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO_295870-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).