Species Detail: Acanthocereus tetragonus
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Acanthocereus tetragonus
 
Authority: (L.) Hummelinck
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Barbed-wire Cactus Global English
Cadushi di colebra Aruba Papiamento
Cushicuri Aruba Papiamento
Kadushi di kolebra Curaçao Papiamento
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae
(Dicots)		 Caryophyllales
 Cactaceae Acanthocereus
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description:

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
CITES Global II
Natureserve Global G5

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Caribbean

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba
Curaçao

Population
Location Quality Quantity Description Date Comments
Aruba
Curaçao

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

Resources
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Distribution Maps No Distribution Maps listed.

Documents No Documents listed.

Web Links No Web Links listed.

References
Citation Author Reference Type
Arnoldo's zakflora : wat in het wild groeit en bloeit op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao / bew. door A.S.J. van Proosdij. - 3de geh. herz. hd. - Met medew. Van P. Ketner, P.J.M. Maas, J.A. de Freitas & M.H. Jansen-Jacobs. - Eindred. P. Ketner. - Amsterdam : Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied, 2001. - 287 p. : ill., fig., foto's ; 23 cm. - With bibliogr., index. - (Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor het Caraibische Gebied: 144). - ISBN: 90.5730.162.8 Proosdij, A.S.J. van Published document

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