Cereus spinosus Hitch. Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Magnoliopsida order Caryophyllales family Cactaceae genus Cereus species Cereus spinosus Name Homonyms Cereus spinosus Hertwig, 1882 Cereus spinosus Hitch. ex J.Forbes Cereus spinosus Hitch.