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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 ]
The International Cactaceae Systematics Group classification, based on Barthlott & Hunt (1993), recognized six genera within the tribe. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Subsequent studies suggested a number of changes, for example including Acanthocereus in the tribe and excluding Strophocactus (which had been sunk into Selenicereus ).
The classification of the Opuntioideae is thus uncertain as of March 2012; Griffith and Porter say that changes in classification will require "broad information (of multiple data types) regarding all species of opuntioid cacti". [8] The ICSG classification divides the subfamily Cactoideae into nine tribes. However, phylogenetic research has ...
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a tall, columnar cactus that reaches a height of 2–7 m (6.6–23.0 ft). Stems are dark green, have three to five angles, and are 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) in diameter. Stems are dark green, have three to five angles, and are 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in) in diameter.
Common name [1] Scientific name [1] IUCN Red List Status Distribution Picture Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) LC 2]: Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama
Acanthaceae (/ æ k æ n ˈ θ eɪ s iː ˌ aɪ,-s i ˌ i /) is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in temperate regions.
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]
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 .