Species profile—Acanthocereus pentagonus
Classification
Plantae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=plants ) (plants) → Equisetopsida ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=plants&class=equisetopsida ) (land plants) → Cactaceae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=plants&class=equisetopsida&family=cactaceae ) → Acanthocereus pentagonus
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=5224&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=5224&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=5224 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=plants&class=equisetopsida ) (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=plants&class=equisetopsida ) (land plants)
- Family
- Cactaceae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=plants&class=equisetopsida&family=cactaceae )
- Scientific name
- Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britton & Rose
- WildNet taxon ID
- 5224
- Superseded by
- Acanthocereus tetragonus (sword pear) ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=13743 ) (20/12/1999)
- Alternate name(s)
- sword pear
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Exotic
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) ( https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Acanthocereus%20pentagonus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=ACANTHOCEREUS%2BPENTAGONUS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=5224 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=5224 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
