The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1.1 of The Plant List has been superseded and should no longer be used.

The new version is available at http://www.worldfloraonline.org/tpl/kew-2614516. The new version is enhanced, using more data sources including Taxonomic Expert Networks and will be more frequently updated.

M Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Acanthocereus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Succulenta (Netherlands) 20: 165 1938.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1646-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Acanthocereus pitajaya (DC.) Dugand ex Croizat Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiff.) Backeb. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Acanthocereus tetragonus var. micracanthus Dugand Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cactus pentagonus L. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus pitajaya Jacq. [Illegitimate] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus prismaticus Willd. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus tetragonus L. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus dussii K.Schum. [Illegitimate] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus pentagonus var. glaucus C.Morel ex Labour. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cereus pitajaya DC. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus pitajaya var. variabilis Weing. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cereus princeps Pfeiff. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. ex Steud. [Illegitimate] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. Synonym M TRO
Cereus reptans Haw. ex Steud. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus tetragonus var. major Salm-Dyck ex Walp. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cereus tetragonus var. minor Salm-Dyck Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cereus tetragonus var. ramosior Link & Otto Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cereus undulatus Pfeiff. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus variabilis Engelm. [Illegitimate] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus vasmerii Young Synonym M WCSP (in review)

Further information

The following databases may contain further information on this name. Please click on any button to follow a link to that database.

To return to The Plant List: please use your browser's back button to return to this page.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2614516.

  • this name record has not changed
  • names related to this name have changed