Acanthocereus
(Engelm. ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose (1909)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus subsect. Acanthocereus (1905) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alwin Berger |
| 🌵 Type | Acanthocereus baxaniensis |
Greek akantha ‘spine’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the spiny fruits. Originally a subsection of the genus Cereus containing species “with spiny fruit, but not beloning to Echinocereus” (Engelmann 1862).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Acanthocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Acanthocereus