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Ver. 15.1
March 8th, 2023

409.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 310 (1789), nom. cons.
133 genera, ca. 1700 spp. listed (conservative approach following Anderson 2001). There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. The phylogeny is still somewhat in flux, but is getting more stabilized now.
Species listed in database: 1749; hybrids: 68
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl.: 142 (1821)
= Nopaleaceae Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenr. 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; S. Gérardin de Mirecourt & N. A. Desvaux, Dict. Rais. Bot.: 52, 385 (1817)
409.6001 Genus Acanthocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose; Contrib. USA Natl. Herb. 12: 432 (1909)
Distribution: coastal N-trop. America
Species listed in database: 15
= Monvillea Britton & Rose; Cact. 2: 21 (1920) quoad typus
species :
Acanthocereus atropurpureus Gonz.-Zam. & Dan.Sánchez; Phytotaxa 522(2): 132 (2021)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco)
79 MEX
species :
Acanthocereus canoensis (P.R.House, Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern.) S.Arias & N.Korotkova; Phytotaxa 327(1): 18 (2017)
Distribution: Honduras
80 HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus canoensis P.R.House, Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern.; Revista Mex. Biodivers. 84(4): 1077, figs. 1-2 (2013)
species :
Acanthocereus castellae (Sánchez-Mej.) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 2 (2013)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus castellae Sánchez-Mej.; Cact. Suc. Mex., 19(1): 12 (1974)
species :
Acanthocereus chiapensis Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex., 17 (4): 117 (1972)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Honduras
79 MEX 80 HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus chiapensis (Bravo) Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern.; Revista Mex. Biodivers. 76(2): 131 (2005)
species :
Acanthocereus cuixmalensis (Sánchez-Mej.) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 2 (2013)
Name: Pitahaya de Aguas
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Jalisco, Michoacan)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus cuixmalensis Sánchez-Mej.; Cact. Suc. Mex., 18(4): 91 (1973)
species :
Acanthocereus fosterianus (Cutak) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 2 (2013)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus fosterianus Cutak; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 18: 23 (1946)
= Peniocereus fosterianus var. multitepalum Sánchez-Mej.; Cact. Suc. Mex., 19(2): 50 (1974)
= Peniocereus fosterianus var. nizandensis Sánchez-Mej.; Cact. Suc. Mex., 19(2): 49 (1974)
species :
Acanthocereus hesperius D.R.Hunt; Cactac. Syst. Init. 34: 9 (2016), nom. nov.
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus occidentalis Bravo; Cact. & Suc. Mexico. 8: 80 (1963)
= Peniocereus occidentalis Bravo ex S.Arias, U.Guzmán & Gama; Cact. Suc. Mex., 37(3): 75 (1992) (without full ref. to latin descr.)
species :
Acanthocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 2 (2013)
Distribution: Guatemala; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Costa Rica
80 COS ELS GUA NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus guatemalensis (Britton & Rose) Vaupel; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 86 (1913)
= Cereus hirschtianus K.Schum.; Gesamtb. Kakt. 1: 130 (1897)
= Cereus neumannii K.Schum. ex Loes.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 91 (1900)
= Cereus nyctago A.Berger; Kakteen: 127, 338 (1929), nom. superfl.
= Cereus triangularis f. guatemalensis (Britton & Rose) Eichlam ex Schelle; Kakteen: 128 (1926)
= Nyctocereus guatemalensis Britton & Rose; Contrib. US. Nat. Herb. 16: 240 (1913)
= Nyctocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 424 (1909)
= Nyctocereus neumannii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 424 (1909)
= Peniocereus guatemalensis (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt; Cactac. Syst. Init. 21:14 (2006)
= Peniocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt; Bradleya 9: 90 (1991)
species :
Acanthocereus macdougallii (Cutak) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 2 (2013)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus macdougallii Cutak; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 19: 87 (1947)
= Peniocereus macdougallii var. centrispinus Backeb.; Cact.: Handb. Kakteenk. 6: 3843 (1962)
species :
Acanthocereus maculatus (Weing.) F.M.Knuth; Backeb. & Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 303 (1935)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus maculatus (Weing.) Cutak; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 76 (1951)
= Cereus maculatus Weing.; Kakteenkunde 14 (1933)
species :
Acanthocereus oaxacensis (Britton & Rose) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 97: 2 (2012)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Acanthocereus haackeanus Backeb. ex Lodé; Int. Cact. Advent. 111-112: 66 (2016)
= Neoevansia haackeana (Backeb.) Sánchez-Mej.; Cact. Suc. Mex. 18: 24 (1973), nom. inval.
= Nyctocereus oaxacensis Britton & Rose; Cactaceae, 2: 120 (1920)
= Peniocereus haackeanus Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 12 (1963), nom. inval., contrary to Art. 9.5
= Peniocereus oaxacensis (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt; Bradleya, 9: 90 (1991)
species :
Acanthocereus paradoxus Gonz.-Zam. & Dan.Sánchez; Phytotaxa 470(2): 146 (2020)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco)
79 MEX
species :
Acanthocereus rosei (J.G.Ortega) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 3 (2013)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Sinaloa)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus rosei J.G.Ortega; Rev. Mexico. Biol. 6: No. 5 (1926)
species :
Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus (Sánchez-Mej.) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 3 (2013)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Peniocereus tepalcatepecanus Sánchez-Mej.; Cact. Suc. Mex., 19(1): 14 (1974)
species :
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck; Succulenta (Netherl.) 20: 165 (1938)
Name: Triangle cactus, Barbed-wire Cactus, Chaco, Nun-Tsutsuy, Organo
Distribution: USA (Florida, Texas); Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Grenadines; Barbados; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Curacao; Isla Margarita; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. Thomas [I]); Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Panama; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander); Aruba; Curacao; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I]); Philippines [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [I] (Juan de Nova Isl. [I])
29 mci 42 phi 50 aus 63 haw 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ARU BBD CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE MAR STL STV TRT VEN vir 82 CLM SWC VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= 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 griseus Backeb.; Cactus, Paris, No. 85, 106 (1965)
= Acanthocereus horridus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae, 2: 122 (1920) (recognized as bona sp. in Checklist of Mexico)
= Acanthocereus occidentalis Britton & Rose; Cactaceae, 2: 125 (1920) (recognized as bona sp. in Checklist of Mexico)
= Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 432 (1909)
= Acanthocereus pitajaya (DC.) Dugand ex Croizat; 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; Phytologia 13: 383 (1966)
= Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg; Cacti, 133 (1937)
= Cactus pentagonus L.; Sp. Pl. 467 (1753)
= Cactus pitajaya Jacq.; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 151 (1763), nom. illeg.
= Cactus prismaticus Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 32 (1814)
= Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC.; Prod. 3: 468 (1828)
= Cactus tetragonus L.; Sp. Pl.: 466 (1753)
= Cereus acutangulus Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107 (1837)
= Cereus baxaniensis f. pellucidus (Otto) Schelle; Kakteen: 96 (1926)
= Cereus baxaniensis Karw. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 109 (1837)
= Cereus baxaniensis var. ramosus Salm-Dyck ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 277 (1843)
= Cereus dussii K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 89 (1897), nom. illeg.
= Cereus horribilis A.Berger; Kakteen, 124, 338 (1929)
= Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 211 (1850)
= Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 180 (1812)
= Cereus pitajaya DC.; Prodr. 3: 466 (1828)
= Cereus pitajaya var. variabilis Weing.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 158 (1906)
= Cereus princeps Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108 (1837)
= Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 335 (1840), nom. illeg.
= Cereus ramosus Karw. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108 (1837)
= Cereus reptans Haw. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 335 (1840), nom. inval.
= Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: no. 2 (1768)
= 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; Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 432 (1830)
= Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenz. 6: 34 (1838)
= Cereus undulatus Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107 (1837)
= Cereus variabilis Engelm.; Descr. Cact.: 40 (1856), nom. illeg. (non Pfeiff. 1837)
= Cereus vasmerii Young; Fl. Texas: 276 (1873)
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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 15.1 (March 8th, 2023)

Covering 353,598 accepted species,
8,943 hybrids, 50,327 accepted infraspecific taxa and 959,496 synonyms,
in total 1,372,364* names

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