Acanthocereus
Translingual
Acanthocereus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Latin cereus (“candle”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˌkæn.θəˈsɪɹ.i.əs/, /əˌkænt.θəˈsɪɹ.i.əs/, /əˌkæn.θoʊˈsɪɹ.i.əs/
Proper noun
Acanthocereus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – tropical cacti with nocturnal flowers and three angled stems.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Cactaceae - family; Cactoideae - subfamily; Pachycereeae - tribe ( or Phyllocacteae - tribe; Echinocereinae - subtribe)
Hyponyms
- (genus): Acanthocereus baxaniensis - type species; Acanthocereus horridus, Acanthocereus occidentalis, Acanthocereus subinermis, Acanthocereus tetragonus - other species
References
Acanthocereus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Acanthocereus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Acanthocereus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Acanthocereus at USDA Plants database
- Acanthocereus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Acanthocereus at the Catalogue of Life
- Acanthocereus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Acanthocereus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Acanthocereus at The Plant List
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)