
naturalizedCactaceae
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Triangle cactus
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a species of cactus that is native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and northern South America. Common names include night-blooming cereus, barbed-wire cactus, sword-pear, dildo cactus, triangle cactus, and Órgano-alado de pitaya (Spanish). It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Cactus tetragonus but was moved to the genus Acanthocereus in 1938 by Pieter Wagenaar Hummelinck.
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documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 59 · GBIF 20 records
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 24 · GBIF 8 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1






