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. |
Type species | |
Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri | |
Species | |
Several, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Meyenia Backeb. |
Species include:
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