Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Acanthocereus.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is MXS, SOUTHEASTERNUSA, WINSV, MXTYU, MXNSI, MXSNA, CLMOO, MXG, MXEGU, CARIBBEAN, SWCCC, WIN_GR; S. Florida to Caribbean, S. Texas to Venezuela.1
POWO records the plant context as scrambling succulent subshrub or shrub, seasonally dry tropical.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1646-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocereus tetragonus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084455 ↩
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