Weberbauerocereus

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Weberbauerocereus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Trichocereeae Genus: Weberbauerocereus Backeb.
Species
Weberbauerocereus albus Weberbauerocereus fascicularis Weberbauerocereus seyboldianus Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri etc.

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.

The genus Meyenia Backeb. has been brought into synonymy with Weberbauerocereus.