Acanthocereus

Acanthocereus (Greek, thorn and cereus). Cactaceae. An erect or clambering night-flowering cactus, the sts. elongated, usually 3-angled, but young shoots very diverse and sometimes 8-ribbed, never producing aerial roots; areolae remote, bearing prominent spines: fls. large, funnelform: fr. a berry, sometimes with spines; flesh red; seeds black.—Perhaps several species, but some authors recognize only one species. ^CH

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