Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name with Basionym (New Combination) Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Hummelinck, Pieter Wagenaar

Published In: Succulenta; Orgaan van de Nederl. Vereeniging van Vetplantenverzamelaars 20(11): 165–170. 1938. (Succulenta (Netherlands))

Basionym:

Cactus tetragonus L. 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A. Berger) Britton & Rose

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
• LC - Least Concern - Global
  • Reference Goettsch Cabello, B. & et al. 2015. High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction. Nature Pl. Article 15142: 1–7, suppl. 1–48.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.

Other names with  Cactus tetragonus L.  as basionym:

Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill.

Projects: Costa Rica , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Panama , VPA

Common Names:

• chaco (Spanish, Mexico, Chiapas)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• nuum tsuutsuy (Spanish, Mexico, Yucatán)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Pitajaya (Spanish, El Salvador)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Pitajaya (Spanish, Guatemala)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• saite (Spanish)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Teonoste
  • No References available
• Tuna cardón (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• tuna cuadrada (Spanish, Costa Rica)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• tuna cuadrada (Spanish, Honduras)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• tuna silvestre (Spanish, Mexico, Yucatán)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Keywords: FVG, VPA, FNA