Weberocereus

Weberocereus tunilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

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

Name

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

Note: Korotkova et al. (2021) accept a narrower circumscription compared to, for example, POWO (2025), excluding Weberocereus alliodorus and W. glaber, which they placed in an expanded Selenicereus.

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Eccremocactus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 261 (1913).
    • Eccremocereus Frič & Kreuz., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 17 (1935), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: S. Mexico to Central America
      • Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

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

References

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Vernacular names

  • مصرى: وبروسريوس
  • العربية: شمعية ويبر
  • فارسی: اسپندارهای وبر
  • svenska: Fladdermuskaktussläktet
  • 中文: 月林令箭属
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