Weberocereus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Weberocereus
Species: W. bradei – W. frohningiorum – W. imitans – W. rosei – W. trichophorus – W. tunilla
Name

Weberocereus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 431. (1909)

Type species: Weberocereus tunilla (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Eccremocactus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 261 (1913)
Eccremocereus Fric & Kreuz., nom. illeg.
Type species: Eccremocactus bradei Britton & Rose

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: S. Mexico to Central America
Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panama

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 431.

Additional references

Korotkova, N., Borsch, T.H. & Arias, S., 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1-46. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Weberocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Weberocereus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2021.

Vernacular names
svenska: Fladdermuskaktussläktet

Weberocereus is genus of cacti. It produces a green and white flower and is found mainly in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.[1]
Species

A 2017 circumscription of the genus included six species:[2]

Weberocereus bradei (Britton & Rose) G.D.Rowley – Costa Rica. Stems flat, ca. 12 cm wide, margins crenate, with small spines. Flowers 5.5–7 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, white, nearly spineless.
Weberocereus frohningiorum Ralf Bauer – Costa Rica
Weberocereus imitans (Kimnach & Hutchison)Buxb. – Costa Rica. Stems flat, lobed as in Epiphyllum anguliger, with small spines. Flowers 6–7 cm long, 3–4 cm wide, base moderately spiny.
Weberocereus rosei (Kimnach) Buxb. – Ecuador. Stems flat, 4–8 cm wide, margins crenate. Flowers 5.5–7 cm long, whitish, the lower half densely spiny.
Weberocereus trichophorus H.Johnson & Kimnach – Costa Rica. Stems nearly cylindrical, spiny and densely hairy. Flower 5.5–6 cm long, pinkish.
Weberocereus tunilla (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose – Costa Rica. Stems 4(-6)-angled. Flowers 6–7 cm long, pinkish.
Weberocereus tunilla subsp. biolleyi, syns. Weberocereus biolleyi, Weberocereus panamensis – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. Stems nearly cylindrical, 4–6 mm thick. Flowers 5–6 cm long, pinkish.

Some species were transferred to Selenicereus in 2017:[2]

Weberocereus alliodorus Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern. → Selenicereus alliodorus
Weberocereus glaber (Eichlam) G.D.Rowley → Selenicereus glaber
Weberocereus tonduzii (F.A.C.Weber) G.D.Rowley → Selenicereus tonduzii

References

Weberocereus On-line Guide to the positive identification of Members of the Cactus Family
Korotkova, Nadja; Borsch, Thomas & Arias, Salvador (2017). "A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera". Phytotaxa. 327 (1): 1–46. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1.