Weberbauerocereus

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Weberbauerocereus
Weberbauerocereus longicomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
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:

• F.Ritter
• Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis Kníže
• Weberbauerocereus johnsonii F.Ritter
• Weberbauerocereus longicomus F.Ritter
• Weberbauerocereus rauhii Backeb.
• F.Ritter
• Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Backeb.
• F.Ritter

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