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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Acanthocereus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acanthocereus
Acanthocereus (A. Berger) Britton & Rose
Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A. Berger) Britton & Rose
Cereus subsect. Acanthocereus

Alternative Names

Acanthocereus columbianus Britton & Rose
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthocereus griseus Backeb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthocereus guatemalensis W. T. Marshall
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A. Berger) Britton & Rose 1909
Authority according to NCBI
Mirabella F. Ritter
Monvillea Britton & Rose
Monvillea Britton & Rose
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

triangle cactus
Barbed-wire cactus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
sword-pear
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

شمعية شوكية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

刺萼柱属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アカントケレウス属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Lithuanian

Sijūnas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

آکانتوسرئوس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Акантоцереус preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

akantocereus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Snårpelarkaktussläktet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

شمعيه شوكيه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

刺萼柱属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

刺萼柱屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Acanthocereus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Cactaceae Juss.
Cactoideae Eaton
22 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
65 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllanae
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae Juss.
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Cactoideae
Cereeae
Cereus
511 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.