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Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Hummelinck. (1938). In: Succulenta (Netherl.) 20: 165.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Cactaceae
genus
Acanthocereus
species
Acanthocereus tetragonus

Name

Synonyms
Acanthocereus acutangulus (Pfeiff.) A.Berger
Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Borg
Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus floridanus Small
Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus griseus Backeb.
Acanthocereus horridus Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus occidentalis Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus pitajaya (DC.) Dugand
Acanthocereus pitajaya (DC.) Dugand ex Croizat
Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Acanthocereus subinermis Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humlk.
Acanthocereus tetragonus var. micracanthus Dugand
Cactus pentagonus L.
Cactus prismaticus Willd.
Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck
Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC.
Cactus tetragonus L.
Homonyms
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humlk.
Common names
Barbed-wire Cactus in language.
Chaco in language.
Nun-Tsutsuy in language.
Organo in language.
Triangle cactus in language.
Triangle cactus in English
barbed-wire cactus in English
barbed-wire cactus in language.
cactus in Portuguese
snårpelarkaktus in Swedish
sword-pear in English
sword-pear in language.
teonoste in language.
triangle cactus in English
triangle cactus in language.
triangle cactus in language.
triangle cactus in language.
Órgano-alado de pitaya in Spanish
Cactus in English
Triangle Cactus in English
Bejunco in Spanish
Cadushi di Colebra in language.
Cruceta in Spanish
Cushicuri in language.
Kadushi di Kolebra in language.
Nopal de Cruz in Spanish
Nopal de tres lomos in Spanish
Órgano-alado de Pitaya in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Hunt, David, 2006: null. The New Cactus Lexicon: Text. x + 373.
  3. Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021ak), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ACTE4
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