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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 tribe Hylocereeae includes eight genera in the 2017 classification by Korotkova et al. [3] Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose (13 species) Aporocactus Lem. (2 species) Disocactus Lindl. (15 species) Epiphyllum Haw. (10 species) Kimnachia S.Arias & N.Korotkova (1 species) Pseudorhipsalis Britton & Rose (5 species)
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]
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 ...
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]
As of August 2018, the internal classification of the family Cactaceae remained uncertain and subject to change. A classification incorporating many of the insights from the molecular studies was produced by Nyffeler and Eggli in 2010. [4] Various revisions have been published since, e.g. to the tribe Hylocereeae and the tribe Echinocereeae. [5]
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]
Strophocactus brasiliensis was first described, as Acanthocereus brasiliensis, by Britton and Rose in 1920. [2] It was transferred to the genus Pseudoacanthocereus as Pseudoacanthocereus brasiliensis by Friedrich Ritter in 1979, [7] a placement still accepted by some sources as of February 2021. [3]