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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 ]
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a species of cactus that is native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. The species is invasive in New Caledonia. [4]
Acanthocereus tetragonus, the sword pear, Browningia candelaris, [2] Carnegiea gigantea, the Saguaro, Cereus repandus - California and Florida; genus Corryocactus (also known as Erdisia), the tasty berrylike C. brevistylis, C. pulquiensis, and C. erectus; Coryphantha. C. robbinsorum and C. recurvata. genus Echinocereus ("Strawberry Cactus")
The members of the tribe are very variable in their morphology, especially when the terrestrial Acanthocereus is included. Many species form aerial roots. The hylocereoid clade (Selenicereus, Weberocereus and probably Aporocactus) are mostly climbing or epiphytic, and have spiny ribbed stems.
Mirabella albicaulis, synonym Cereus albicaulis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Northeast and Southeast Brazil. [2] It was first described by Britton and Rose in 1920 as Acanthocereus albicaulis. [3]
Strophocactus sicariguensis was first described, as Acanthocereus sicariguensis, in 1947. [1] It was transferred to the genus Pseudoacanthocereus as Pseudoacanthocereus sicariguensis by Nigel P. Taylor in 1992, [5] a placement still accepted by some sources as of February 2021. [2]
Treatments in the 21st century have generally divided the family into around 125–130 genera and 1,400–1,500 species, which are then arranged in a number of tribes and subfamilies. However, subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that a very high proportion of the higher taxa (genera, tribes and subfamilies) are not monophyletic ...
Snake cactus is a common name which may refer to the following species of cactus: Acanthocereus tetragonus; Bergerocactus emoryi (the golden cereus) Cylindropuntia spinosior; Echinocereus pensilis [Wikidata] Nyctocereus serpentinus; Species in the genus Selenicereus