Weberocereus - Wikispecies
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The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.
Please see discussion on the talk page. |

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Weberocereus
Species:
W. alliodorus –
W. bradei –
W. frohningiorum –
W. glaber –
W. imitans –
W. rosei –
W. trichophorus –
W. tunilla
Weberocereus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 431 (1909).
- Type species: Weberocereus tunilla (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432 (1909).
Note: Korotkova et al. (2021) accept a narrower circumscription compared to, for example, POWO (2025), excluding Weberocereus alliodorus and W. glaber.
- Heterotypic
- Eccremocactus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 261 (1913).
- Type species: Eccremocactus bradei Britton & Rose
- Eccremocereus Frič & Kreuz., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 17 (1935), nom. illeg.
- Eccremocactus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 261 (1913).
Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
Additional references
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- Korotkova, N., Borsch, T.H. & Arias, S., 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1-46. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1
ResearchGate Reference page.
- Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208
Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Weberocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 5. Reference page.
- Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Weberocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 24. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2021. Weberocereus. Published online. Accessed: 27 November 2021. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2025. Weberocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 January 2025.
- Hassler, M. 2025. Weberocereus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 January 06. Reference page.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Weberocereus. Accessed: 2025 January 06.
مصرى: وبروسريوس
العربية: شمعية ويبر
فارسی: اسپندارهای وبر
svenska: Fladdermuskaktussläktet
中文: 月林令箭属