Weberocereus

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Weberocereus
Weberocereus rosei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Hylocereeae
Genus:	Weberocereus Britton & Rose
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Eccremocactus Britton & Rose Eccremocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.) Werckleocereus Britton & Rose

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]

• (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.^{[citation needed]}
• Ralf Bauer – Costa Rica
• (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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• H.Johnson & Kimnach – Costa Rica. Stems nearly cylindrical, spiny and densely hairy. Flower 5.5–6 cm long, pinkish.^{[citation needed]}
• (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose – Costa Rica. Stems 4(-6)-angled. Flowers 6–7 cm long, pinkish.^{[citation needed]}
  • 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

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

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Weberocereus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Weberocereus at Wikispecies