Taxon: Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• barbed-wire cactus   (Source: Econ Pl Aust [as A. pentagonus]) – English
  
• sword-pear   (Source: Pl Prot Quart 3:115. [as A. pentagonus]) – English
  
• triangle cactus   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• snårpelarkaktus   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Econ Pl Aust, as A. pentagonus)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Netherlands Antilles; St. Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland [c.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family.
• Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada. [= Cereus tetragonus].
• Britton, N. L. & J. N. Rose. 1920. The Cactaceae, descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 2:9. [= Cereus tetragonus].
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Hunt, D. et al., eds. 2006. The new cactus lexicon.
• Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. [= Acanthocereus pentagonus].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acanthocereus tetragonus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Acanthocereus tetragonus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Acanthocereus tetragonus.

Synonyms:

• (=) Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
  
• (=) Acanthocereus pitajaya sensu Croizat
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cactus pentagonus L.
  
• (≡) Cactus tetragonus L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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