Weberbauerocereus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Weberbauerocereus
Species: W. cephalomacrostibas – W. churinensis – W. cuzcoensis – W. johnsonii – W. longicomus – W. madidiensis – W. rauhii – W. torataensis – W. weberbaueri – W. winterianus
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Weberbauerocereus Backeb., 1942 ("1941")
Type species: Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum.) Backeb.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Meyenia Backeb., 1931 (Möller's Dtsch. Gärtn.-Ztg. 46:187), nom. illeg. non Meyenia Nees (1832).

References

Backeberg, C. (1942) "Cactaceae Lindley. Systematische Übersicht (Neubearbeitung) mit Bestimmungsschlüssel." Cactaceae (Berlin). 1941(2):1–80.
Soltis, Douglas L. et al. (200?) "Weberbauerocereus" Trichoceeae Web, Soltis Lab, Florida Museum of Natural History. Accessed November 5, 2010.
Quispe, Noemí R.; Alfredo F. Fuentes (2010). "Weberbauerocereus madidiensis (Cactaceae), una Nueva Especie del Norte de Bolivia". Novon 20(3):325-328. DOI: 10.3417/2009066.

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 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