Acanthocereus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Acanthocereus
Species: A. atropurpureus –
A. canoensis –
A. castellae –
A. chiapensis –
A. cuixmalensis –
A. fosterianus –
A. haackeanus –
A. hesperius –
A. hirschtianus –
A. lempirensis –
A. macdougallii –
A. maculatus –
A. oaxacensis –
A. paradoxus –
A. rosei –
A. tepalcatepecanus –
A. tetragonus
Name
Acanthocereus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose (1909)
- Lectotype species: Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karwinsky ex Pfeiffer) Borg, vide Hunt (1991). (Cereus baxaniensis Karw. ex Pfeiff.) vide Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm. (1938)
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 subsect. Acutanguli Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 49. (1850).
- Type species: Cereus acutangulus Pfeiff.
- Cereus [infragen.unranked] Articulati Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1841): 29 (1841), p.p.
- Type species: non design.
- 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).
- Type species: Cereus variabilis Pfeiff.
- Peniocereus subg. Pseudoacanthocereus Sanchez-Mej., Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 38 (1974).
- Type species: Peniocereus maculatus (Weing.) Cutak
- Cereus subsect. Acutanguli Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 49. (1850).
Notes
- The genus is sometimes treated as monotypic (citation required).
References
- Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1909) Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432.
Additional references
- Doweld, A.B. 2005. Adjustments in the nomenclature of the genera Acanthocereus, Heliocereus and Nyctocereus (Cactaceae). Sukkulenty 8(1–2): 13–15. Reference page.
- Arias, S. & al. 2005 Phylogenetic relationships in Peniocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data. Journal of Plant Research 118 (5): 317–328.
- 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.
- 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 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. 2025. Acanthocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 11. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Acanthocereus. Published online. Accessed: May 11 2025. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2021. Acanthocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Dec 2021. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2021. Acanthocereus. 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.
Vernacular names
- English: Barbed-wire cactus, sword-pear, triangle cactus
- lietuvių: Sijūnas
- русский: Акантоцереус
- svenska: Snårpelarkaktussläktet
