Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a flowering plant in the genus Acanthocereus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet tetragonus derives from the Greek words tetra- for four ' from and gonia for, edge ' and refers to the usually four-sided drives of the type common names are " Barbed -wire Cactus ", " Chaco ", " Well - Tsusuy "and" Órgano "
Description
Acanthocereus tetragonus growing columnar by leaning - climbing, is very variable and reaches heights of growth 2-7 meters. Occasionally a tribe is formed of up to 50 centimeters in diameter. The dark green, three - to five -edged instincts have diameters of 6-8 inches. Their edges are shallow wavy. The gray areoles are 2 to 3 inches apart. The needle-like to pfriemlichen, very variable thorns are brown and graying with age. The one to two central spines are up to 4 centimeters, the six to eight (sometimes more) radial spines up to 2.5 inches long
The flowers have a length of 14 to 20 cm. Your Perikarpell and the corolla tube are occupied with striking brown bewollten, spiny areoles. The elongated red fruits are edible.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
The distribution area of Acanthocereus tetragonus extends from Florida in the United States to Mexico, throughout Central America and the Caribbean includes and extends to Venezuela.
The first description was published as Cactus tetragonus 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum. Pieter Wagenaar Humme Linck put the type in 1938 in the genus Acanthocereus.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.