The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2614511, with some changes.

M Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose is a synonym of Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck

This name is a synonym of Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelinck.

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432 1909.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1642-2.