Weberbauerocereus

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Weberbauerocereus
Weberbauerocereus longicomus
Weberbauerocereus longicomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Trichocereeae
Genus: Weberbauerocereus
Backeb.
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms

Meyenia Backeb.

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.

Species include:

  • Weberbauerocereus albus
  • Weberbauerocereus fascicularis
  • Weberbauerocereus seyboldianus
  • Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri


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