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  Acanthocereus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acanthocereus (Engelmann ex A. Berger) Britton et Rose 1909, is a genus of cacti taking the form of shrubs with arching or climbing stems up to several meters in height.
The name was first used by George Engelmann in 1863, although he did not describe its characters, leaving it to Alwin Berger in 1905 to define it as a subsection of Cereus.
In 1909, Nathaniel Britton and Joseph Rose elevated Acanthocereus to a genus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acanthocereus   (212 words)

  
 Acanthocereus Definition / Acanthocereus Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Acanthocereus (Engelmann ex A. Berger) Britton et Rose 1909, is a genusIn biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or further related and morphologically similar species.
Acanthocereus is a small genus of shrubby cactus.
Acanthocereus is a member of the Dicots group, subclass Caryophyllidae, order Caryophyllales, family Cactaceae.
www.elresearch.com /Acanthocereus   (388 words)

  
 Acanthocereus tetragonus (Cactaceae) - HEAR species info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Information on Acanthocereus tetragonus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Nomenclatural information about Acanthocereus tetragonus is provided by ITIS.
Images of Acanthocereus tetragonus provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
www.hear.org /species/acanthocereus_tetragonus   (184 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
plural_taxon = Species}} See text {{Taxobox_end}} '''''Acanthocereus''''' (Engelmann ex A. Berger) Britton et Rose 1909, is a genus of cactus cacti taking the form of shrubs with arching or climbing stems up to several meters in height.
* Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Cuba) * Acanthocereus colombianus (Colombia) * Acanthocereus horridus (southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) * Acanthocereus occidentalis (southern Sonora to Guerrero, Mexico) * Acanthocereus subinermis (Oaxaca, Mexico) * Acanthocereus tetragonus : Barbed-wire Cactus (Florida, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, northern South America)
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Acanthocereus.
www.mauspfeil.net /Acanthocereus.html   (261 words)

  
 The Global Compendium of Weeds: Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Global Compendium of Weeds: Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
Synonyms/other Latin names: = Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Humm.
NOTE: for now (until database/website are updated), you must manually search for each data source in the GWC Data Sources document.)
www.hear.org /gcw/html/autogend/species/464.HTM   (115 words)

  
 Plant Profile for Acanthocereus tetragonus (triangle cactus)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
See county distributions for the following states by clicking on them below or on the map.
View 48 genera in Cactaceae, 1 species in Acanthocereus
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
plants.usda.gov /cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol%3DACTE4   (235 words)

  
 Acanthocereus - Definition of Acanthocereus by Webster's Online Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Acanthocereus - Definition of Acanthocereus by Webster's Online Dictionary
Acanthocereus - mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
Cactaceae, cactus family, caryophylloid dicot genus, family Cactaceae, genus Acanthocereus
www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/Acanthocereus   (43 words)

  
 PlantFiles: Detailed information on Triangle Cactus, Dildoe Cactus, Barbed-wire Cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus)
PlantFiles: Detailed information on Triangle Cactus, Dildoe Cactus, Barbed-wire Cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus)
Aug 25, 12:11 PM Detailed information on Triangle Cactus, Dildoe Cactus, Barbed-wire Cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus)
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