- Family:
- Cactaceae Juss.
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cardo cuatrofilos, cardo pitajayo, cardo pitaya, cardón, pitahaya, pitajaya, pitaya, pitaya amarilla, pitaya roja, pitayo
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–1300 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander.
- Habit
- Shrub.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1300 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Arbusto
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Colombia
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
Native to:
Aruba, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
New Caledonia, Queensland
- Acanthocereus baxaniensis (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Borg
- Acanthocereus colombianus Britton & Rose
- Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose
- Acanthocereus horridus Britton & Rose
- Acanthocereus occidentalis Britton & Rose
- Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
- Acanthocereus pitajaya (DC.) Dugand ex Croizat
- Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
- Acanthocereus subinermis Britton & Rose
- Acanthocereus tetragonus var. micracanthus Dugand
- Cactus pentagonus L.
- Cactus prismaticus Willd.
- Cactus reptans Salm-Dyck ex DC.
- Cactus tetragonus L.
- Cereus baxaniensis Karw. ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus baxaniensis f. pellucidus (Otto) Schelle
- Cereus dussii K.Schum.
- Cereus horribilis A.Berger
- Cereus nitidus Salm-Dyck
- Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw.
- Cereus pitajaya DC.
- Cereus princeps Pfeiff.
- Cereus prismaticus (Willd.) Haw. ex Steud.
- Cereus reptans Haw. ex Steud.
- Cereus tetragonus (L.) Mill.
- Cereus tetragonus var. minor Salm-Dyck
- Cereus undulatus Pfeiff.
- Cereus variabilis Engelm.
- Cereus vasmerii Young
Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Taylor [625], Venezuela | K000251438 | No | |||
Gaumer [23311], Mexico | K000063024 | No | |||
Small [0], USA | K000101065 | No | |||
K000251439 | No | ||||
Andrieux, G. [360], Mexico | K000062583 | No | |||
Koehres [0], Mexico | K000062586 | No | |||
Johnston [217], Venezuela | K000101068 | No | |||
Nelson [2729], Mexico | Acanthocereus horridus | K000062582 | No | ||
Hunt, D.R. [7148], Mexico | Acanthocereus pentagonus | 29047.692 | No |
First published in Succulenta (Netherlands) 20: 165 (1938)
Accepted by
- (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Véliz, M. (2008). Las Cactáceas de Guatemala: 1-129. Unidad de Investigación Herbario BIGU, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- USDA, NRCS (2005-2020). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
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