Weberbauerocereus

Weberbauerocereus
Weberbauer ocereus albus
Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Cactoideae Tribe : Trichocereeae Genre : Weberbauerocereus
Scientific name
Weberbauerocereus
Backeb.

Weberbauerocereus is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus honors the Prussian biologist August Weberbauer , who researched the Peruvian Andes .

description

The species of the genus Weberbauerocereus grow shrub-like to tree-like, branch at the base or above. They sometimes train tribes. The columnar shoots are erect or curved and sometimes climbing. Thorns , which are often strong, arise from the white to yellowish, woolly areoles .

The large, tubular to bell-shaped flowers are whitish, brownish pink or reddish and usually open at night. The pericarpel and the flower tube are densely covered with scales and hairs .

The spherical, greenish-purple to orange-yellow fruits have a diameter of 3 to 5 centimeters and are covered with noticeable hair. The remnants of the flowers are persistent, the pulp white. The fruits contain black, shiny seeds .

Systematics and distribution

The species of the genus Weberbauerocereus are common in Peru and the north of Chile .

The first description of the genus was made in 1942 by Curt Backeberg . The type species of the genus is Cereus fascicularis Meyen sensu Backeb. ( Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri ). The genus includes the following species:

• Weberbauer ocereus albus F. Knight
• Weberbauer ocereus churinensis F.Ritter
• Weberbauer Ocereus cuzcoensis Kníže
• Weberbauer ocereus johnsonii F.Ritter
• Weberbauer ocereus rauhii Backeb.
• Weberbauerocereus torataensis F.Ritter
• Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum. Ex Vaupel) Backeb.
• Weberbauerocereus winterianus F.Ritter

Meyenia is a synonym for the genus .

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 639-641 .
• Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape II . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 1254-1269 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cactaceae. Yearbooks of the German Cactus Society V. p. 75, Berlin 1942
2. ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 639-641 .

Web links

Commons : Weberbauerocereus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weberbauerocereus at Trichocereeae Web