Weberbauerocereus

Weberbauerocereus is a genus of ceroid cactus, considered to be intermediate between the genera Trichocereus and Cleistocactus. The genus is named after August Weberbauer because of his extensive research in the Peruvian Andes.

Weberbauerocereus
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Weberbauerocereus longicomus
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Subfamily:Cactoideae
Tribe:Trichocereeae
Genus:Weberbauerocereus
Backeb.
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms

Meyenia Backeb.

Species include:

  • Weberbauerocereus churinensis F.Ritter
  • Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis Kníže
  • Weberbauerocereus johnsonii F.Ritter
  • Weberbauerocereus longicomus F.Ritter
  • Weberbauerocereus rauhii Backeb.
  • Weberbauerocereus torataensis F.Ritter
  • Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Backeb.
  • Weberbauerocereus winterianus F.Ritter


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