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Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck

This species name was first published in in Succulenta (Netherlands) 20: 165. 1938.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000513101.

Synonyms of Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acanthocereus acutangulus (Pfeiff.) A.Berger Kakteen: 337, indice 124. 1929. wfo-0000513081
Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Borg Cacti: 132. 1937. wfo-0000513085
Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 122. 1920. wfo-0000513088
Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 276. 1923. wfo-0000513089
Acanthocereus horridus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 122, fig. 181. 1920. wfo-0000513092
Acanthocereus occidentalis Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 125, fig. 185. 1920. wfo-0000513095
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 122. 1920. wfo-0000513096
Acanthocereus pitajaya (Jacq.) Dugand ex Croizat in Caldasia 2: 135. 1943. wfo-0000513097
Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiff.) Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 5. 1963. wfo-0000513098
Acanthocereus subinermis Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 125. 1920. wfo-0000513100
Acanthocereus tetragonus var. micracanthus Dugand in Phytologia 13: 383. 1966. wfo-0000513102
Cactus pentagonus L. Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753. wfo-0000578087
Cactus pitajaya Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 23. 1760. wfo-0000578105
Cactus prismaticus Willd. Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 32. 1814. wfo-0000578130
Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC. Prodr. 3: 468. 1828. wfo-0000578173
Cactus tetragonus L. Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753. wfo-0000578284
Cereus acutangulus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107. 1837. wfo-0000596739
Cereus baxaniensis Karw. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837. wfo-0000596818
Cereus dussii K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 89. 1897–1899. wfo-0000597038
Cereus horribilis A.Berger Kakteen: 124, 338. 1929. wfo-0000597206
Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 211. 1850. wfo-0000597420
Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 180. 1812. wfo-0000597482
Cereus pentagonus C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 389. 1846. wfo-0000597483
Cereus pitajaya (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 3: 466. 1828. wfo-0000597516
Cereus princeps Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837. wfo-0000597543
Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 335. 1840. wfo-0000597548
Cereus ramosus Karw. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 108. 1837. wfo-0000597582
Cereus reptans Haw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 335. 1840. wfo-0000597595
Cereus sirul F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11: 384. 1904. wfo-0000597680
Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict.: Cereus No. 2. 1768. wfo-0000597747
Cereus undulatus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 107. 1837. wfo-0000597798
Cereus variabilis Engelm. Descr. Cactaceae: 40. 1856. wfo-0000597811
Cereus vasmerii Young Fl. Texas: 276. 1873. wfo-0000597812
Cereus tetragonus var. major Salm-Dyck ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 277. 1843. wfo-0000738744
Cereus tetragonus var. minor Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 337. 1834. wfo-0000738745
Cereus tetragonus var. ramosior Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 432. 1830. wfo-0000738746
Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 77. 1819. wfo-0001287178
Cereus babosus F.A.C.Weber in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 84. 1897. wfo-0001287427