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Acanthocereus tetragonus

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440067713938939497795
Scientific name Acanthocereus tetragonus
Authority (L.) Hummelinck
First published in in Succulenta (Netherlands) 20: 165. 1938.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Acanthocereus acutangulus (Pfeiff.) A.Berger Kakteen: 337, indice 124. 1929.
Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Borg Cacti: 132. 1937.
Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 122. 1920.
Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 276. 1923.
Acanthocereus horridus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 122, fig. 181. 1920.
Acanthocereus occidentalis Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 125, fig. 185. 1920.
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 122. 1920.
Acanthocereus pitajaya (Jacq.) Dugand ex Croizat in Caldasia 2: 135. 1943.
Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiff.) Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 5. 1963.
Acanthocereus subinermis Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 125. 1920.
Acanthocereus tetragonus var. micracanthus Dugand in Phytologia 13: 383. 1966.
Cactus pentagonus L. Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753.
Cactus pitajaya Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 23. 1760.
Cactus prismaticus Willd. Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 32. 1814.
Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC. Prodr. 3: 468. 1828.
Cactus tetragonus L. Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753.
Cereus acutangulus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107. 1837.
Cereus baxaniensis Karw. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837.
Cereus dussii K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 89. 1897.
Cereus horribilis A.Berger Kakteen: 124, 338. 1929.
Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 211. 1850.
Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 180. 1812.
Cereus pentagonus C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 389. 1846.
Cereus pitajaya (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 3: 466. 1828.
Cereus princeps Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837.
Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 335. 1840.
Cereus ramosus Karw. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837.
Cereus sirul F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11: 384. 1904.
Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict.: Cereus No. 2. 1768.
Cereus undulatus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107. 1837.
Cereus variabilis Engelm. Descr. Cactaceae: 40. 1856.
Cereus vasmerii Young Fl. Texas: 276. 1873.
Cereus tetragonus var. major Salm-Dyck ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 277. 1843.
Cereus tetragonus var. minor Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 337. 1834.
Cereus tetragonus var. ramosior Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 432. 1830.
Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 77. 1819.
Cereus babosus F.A.C.Weber in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 84. 1897.
Cereus reptans Haw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 335. 1840.

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Language Common/alternative name
English triangle cactus
English barbed-wire cactus
Spanish cardón
Spanish cereus variabilis
Spanish cereus tetragonus
Spanish cereus princeps
Spanish cereus pentagonus
Spanish cereus acutangulus
Spanish acanthocereus floridanus
Spanish acanthocereus acutangulus
Spanish cactus tetragonus
Spanish cactus pentagonus
Spanish acanthocereus princeps
Spanish bejunco
Spanish cruceta
Spanish nopal de cruz
Spanish nopal de tres lomos
Spanish Órgano-alado de pitaya
Spanish pitahaya anaranjada
German cactus tetragonus
nah xacoh
pap kadushi di kolebra
Swedish snårpelarkaktus
Chinese 古巴刺仙柱
Chinese 五棱阁
Chinese 稍刺仙柱
Chinese 强刺仙柱
Chinese 月映柱
Chinese 五棱角
Chinese 连城角
Chinese 西刺仙柱
Chinese 般若柱

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Cuba
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000513101
Florida Plant Atlas 622
USDA Plants ACTE4
Tropicos 5105704
INPN 629005
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1646-2
The Plant List kew-2614516
PFAF Acanthocereus tetragonus
Open Tree Of Life 278460
Observations.org 198522
NCBI Taxonomy 336110
Nature Serve 2.135685
IUCN Red List 152925
IPNI 1646-2
iNaturalist 157908
GBIF 3084455
Freebase /m/05f9npt
EPPO ACTPE
EOL 596860
USDA GRIN 401479
Wikipedia Acanthocereus_tetragonus
EOL 47133227

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A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle Zúñiga-Díaz D, Cetzal-Ix W, López-Castilla H, Noguera-Savelli E, Tamayo-Cen I, Martínez-Puc JF, Basu SK J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10964660
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00681-0
PMID:38528551
The Fabaceae in Northeastern Mexico (Subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae Clade, Tribes Mimoseae, Acacieae, and Ingeae) Estrada-Castillón E, Villarreal-Quintanilla JÁ, Cuéllar-Rodríguez G, Encina-Domínguez JA, Martínez-Ávalos JG, Mora-Olivo A, Sánchez-Salas J Plants (Basel) 30-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10857220
doi:10.3390/plants13030403
PMID:38337936
Recent Research on Different Parts and Extracts of Opuntia dillenii and Its Bioactive Components, Functional Properties, and Applications Lu WC, Chiu CS, Chan YJ, Mulio AT, Li PH Nutrients 29-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10343812
doi:10.3390/nu15132962
PMID:37447287
Milk Composition of Creole Goats Raised at Different Altitudes in an Extensive Production System in Northeast Mexico Peña-Avelino LY, Ceballos-Olvera I, Rosales-Martinez GN, Hernández-Melendez J, Alva-Pérez J Animals (Basel) 24-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10251814
doi:10.3390/ani13111738
PMID:37889663
Plastome variations reveal the distinct evolutionary scenarios of plastomes in the subfamily Cereoideae (Cactaceae) Yu J, Li J, Zuo Y, Qin Q, Zeng S, Rennenberg H, Deng H BMC Plant Biol 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9993602
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04148-4
PMID:36882685
Impact of the Cooking Process on Metabolite Profiling of Acanthocereus tetragonus, a Plant Traditionally Consumed in Mexico Cornejo-Campos J, Gómez-Aguirre YA, Velázquez-Martínez JR, Ramos-Herrera OJ, Chávez-Murillo CE, Cruz-Sosa F, Areche C, Cabañas-García E Molecules 09-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9229054
doi:10.3390/molecules27123707
PMID:35744833
Global Actions for Managing Cactus Invasions Novoa A, Brundu G, Day MD, Deltoro V, Essl F, Foxcroft LC, Fried G, Kaplan H, Kumschick S, Lloyd S, Marchante E, Marchante H, Paterson ID, Pyšek P, Richardson DM, Witt A, Zimmermann HG, Wilson JR Plants (Basel) 16-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6843271
doi:10.3390/plants8100421
PMID:31623290
Studies on the Biology of Hypogeococcus pungens (sensu stricto) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Argentina to Aid the Identification of the Mealybug Pest of Cactaceae in Puerto Rico Aguirre MB, Diaz-Soltero H, Claps LE, Saracho Bottero A, Triapitsyn S, Hasson E, Logarzo GA J Insect Sci 20-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4913457
doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew043
PMID:27324585
Environmental regulation of carbon isotope composition and crassulacean acid metabolism in three plant communities along a water availability gradient Ricalde MF, Andrade JL, Durán R, Dupuy JM, Simá JL, Us-Santamaría R, Santiago LS Oecologia 21-Jul-2010
PMCID:PMC2981738
doi:10.1007/s00442-010-1724-z
PMID:20652592

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