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 classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Trichocereeae |
| Genus: | Weberbauerocereus Backeb. |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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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