Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A.Berger)Britton & Rose
TRIANGLE CACTUS

Classification

CARYOPHYLLALES
Acanthocereus

Citation

ACANTHOCEREUS (Engelmann ex A. Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432. 1909.
BASIONYM: Cereus Miller, subg. Acanthocereus Engelmann ex A. Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 77. 1905.
TYPE: Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karwinsky ex Pfeiffer) Borg (Cereus baxaniensis Karwinsky ex Pfeiffer) Lectotypified by D. R. Hunt, Bradleya 9: 82. 1991.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Acanthocereus tetragonus TRIANGLE CACTUS; DILDOE CACTUS; BARBED-WIRE CACTUS Native Threatened-State FAC (NWPL)

[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.