Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Weberbauerocereus
Species:
W. weberbaueri
Binomial name
Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri
(K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Backeb. 1958
Synonyms
  • Weberbauerocereus torataensis F.Ritter
  • Haageocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) D.R.Hunt 1987
  • Echinopsis weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Anceschi & Magli 2013

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri is a species of Weberbauerocereus from Peru.[2]

Description

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri grows as a shrub with numerous, upright or ascending, gray-green shoots with a diameter of 6 to 10 centimeters that branch from the base and reach heights of up to 4 meters. There are around 15 to 22 slightly humpbacked ribs. The areoles on it are close together, reach a diameter of up to 8 millimeters and are covered with long, grayish yellow wool. The six to eight strong central spines are brownish and up to 6 centimeters long. The approximately 20 thin, yellowish-brown marginal spines are 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.

The tubular to somewhat funnel-shaped, slightly zygomorphic flowers appear near the tips of the shoots, open at night and remain open until the next morning. They are 5.2 to 10.3 centimeters long. Its greenish-brown flower tube is slightly curved and covered with short brown hairs. The flower bracts are white to reddish brown to pinkish red. The fruits are green, yellow, yellowish orange to orange-red and reach a diameter of up to 4 centimeters.[3]

Distribution

Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri is widespread in the Arequipa department of Peru at altitudes of 2000 to 3000 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus weberbaueri was made in 1913 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel.[4] The specific epithet weberbaueri honors the Prussian biologist August Weberbauer. Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Weberbauerocereus in 1957. Further nomenclature synonyms are Haageocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) D.R.Hunt (1987) and Echinopsis weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Anceschi & Magli (2013).

References

  1. ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri in Tropicos".
  3. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 640–641. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  4. ↑ Engler, Adolf (1914). "Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". Schweizerbart [etc.] ISSN 0006-8152. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
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