Cactaceae Juss.
Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose , legitimate, scientific
Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1909), The genus Cereus and its allies in North America. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 432 BHL [comb. nov.]
  • Type: Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
basionym: Cereus subsect. Acanthocereus Engelm. ex A.Berger legitimate
  • Comment: See discussion on "The type of Acanthocereus (Engelmann) Britton and Rose (Cactaceae)" by P.V.Heath, Taxon 38 (1989) 480.
Burbidge, N.T. (1963), Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera: 2 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 143 [secondary reference]
Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 76-78 APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Cereus subsect. Acanthocereus Engelm. ex A.Berger legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cereus subg. Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A.Berger) A.Berger legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)
Barthlott, W. & Hunt, D.R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Cactaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 178 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 5 [secondary reference]