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Weberbauerocereus
''Weberbauerocereus'' is a genus of ceroid cactus, considered to be intermediate between the genera ''Trichocereus'' and ''Cleistocactus''. The genus is named after Augusto Weberbauer because of his extensive research in the Peruvian Andes. The genus is Native species, native to Bolivia and Peru. Description The species of the genus ''Weberbauerocereus'' grow shrub-like to tree-like, branching at the base or above. They sometimes form tribes. The columnar shoots are erect or arching and sometimes climbing. Thorns, which are often strong, emerge 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 floral tube are densely covered with scales and hair. The spherical, greenish-purple to orange-yellow fruits have a diameter of 3 to 5 centimeters and are covered with conspicuous hairs. The remainder of the flower is persistent, the pulp is white. The fruits contain bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Rauhii - Flickr - Dick Culbert
''Weberbauerocereus'' is a genus of ceroid cactus, considered to be intermediate between the genera ''Trichocereus'' and ''Cleistocactus''. The genus is named after Augusto Weberbauer because of his extensive research in the Peruvian Andes. The genus is native to Bolivia and Peru. Description The species of the genus ''Weberbauerocereus'' grow shrub-like to tree-like, branching at the base or above. They sometimes form tribes. The columnar shoots are erect or arching and sometimes climbing. Thorns, which are often strong, emerge 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 floral tube are densely covered with scales and hair. The spherical, greenish-purple to orange-yellow fruits have a diameter of 3 to 5 centimeters and are covered with conspicuous hairs. The remainder of the flower is persistent, the pulp is white. The fruits contain black, shiny see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Winterianus
''Weberbauerocereus winterianus'' is a species of ''Weberbauerocereus'' from Peru. Description ''Weberbauerocereus winterianus'' grows tree-shaped and reaches a height of 4 to 6 meters. The trunk branches grow approximately 2 meter long into parallel shoots with a diameter of . The branches have 20 to 30 blunt ribs are up to high with dark areoles on it that are up to long. Areoles have dark, golden-yellow spines emerge from them. The 12 to 15 needle-shaped central spines are strong, growing up to long and the 20 to 30 fine marginal spines lie close to the shoots growing long. In the flowering area, the shoots are covered with fine, light yellow to golden yellow, bristle-like spines that are up to long. The flowers open at night and are up to long. Its brown-red to green flower tube is covered with blackish-brown wool. The flower bracts are white or slightly pink. The barrel-shaped fruits are green to reddish and reach a diameter of up to . They are covered with dense dark w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Cephalomacrostibas
''Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas'' is a species of cactus in the family Cactaceae. It is found in Arequipa Department, Peru and consists of 2 subpopulations. Description ''Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas'' grows shrubby and forms dense groups up to 2 meters high. The cylindrical, gray-green shoots reach a diameter of up to . There are eight broad ribs that are grooved transversely. The conspicuous areoles on it are brown and are clustered at the tips of the shoots. The one to four very strong central spines are curved backwards and interlocking. They are dark brown and turn gray with age. The central spines are sometimes angular and grooved. They are up to long. The up to 20 radial spines are thin and very short. The funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night. They grow up to long and reach a diameter of . The spherical to elongated fruits are reddish to yellowish orange. Distribution ''Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas'' is found in the Arequipa Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Weberbaueri
''Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri'' is a species of ''Weberbauerocereus'' from Peru. Description ''Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri'' grows as a shrub with numerous, upright or ascending, gray-green shoots with a diameter of 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 and are covered with long, grayish yellow wool. The six to eight strong central spines are brownish and up to long. The approximately 20 thin, yellowish-brown radial spines are 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Rauhii
''Weberbauerocereus rauhii'' is a species of ''Weberbauerocereus'' from Peru. Description ''Weberbauerocereus rauhii'' grows shrubby to tree-shaped with candelabra-like, upright shoots that have a diameter of and reaches heights of up to 6 meters. A short trunk is formed. Stems have about 23 ribs with gray areoles that contain up to six, very strong, yellow central spines with darker tip that are long and numerous whitish-gray radial spines are up to long. Long bristles are present in the flowering area. The somewhat zygomorphic, slightly violet-brown fragrant flowers open at night and are up to long. The flower tube is densely scaled with the outer bracts are reddish brown, the inner ones are white to pink or pinkish-brown. The fruits are brownish red to orange and reach a diameter of up to . They are trimmed with white wool. Distribution Weberbauerocereus rauhii is found in the Peruvian regions of Huancavelica, Ayacucho, Arequipa and Ica at altitudes of 500 to 2500 meters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Cuzcoensis
''Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis'' is a species of Weberbauerocereus from Peru. Description ''Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis'' grows like a tree with richly branched, sprawling, grey-green shoots with a diameter of and reaches heights of 3 to 4 meters with 10 to 14 ribs that are high and extremely blunt. The areoles on the stem are oval to circular and covered with white wool and strong, yellow to brownish spines. There are three to eight, hardly stinging central spines are and 10 to 14 radial spines long. The lowest radial spines are the longest. The somewhat radially symmetrical, unpleasantly scented flowers open at night. They are long. Its light green flower tube is covered with brownish hairs. The bracts are white at their base and turn pale pink towards the tip. The fruits are dark green, long and reach a diameter of . Distribution ''Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis'' is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Apurímac and Ayacucho Ayacucho (, , derived from the words '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Albus
''Weberbauerocereus albus'' is a species of ''Weberbauerocereus'' from Peru. Description ''Weberbauerocereus albus'' grows like a tree with straight, usually upright, gray-green shoots that branch out in the lower third and reaches heights of up to 6 meters with a diameter of . The branches have 15 to 18 ribs are high and extremely blunt with brown areoles. The areoles have one to two central spines and 15 to 25 radial spines arise from them. The very strong, light brownish-yellow central spines are subulate and long. The light yellow to brownish yellow radial spines are up to long with the lowest of them are finer. In the flowering areas, the shape of the thorns change and they eventually become hairs that are up to long. The somewhat zygomorphic and somewhat fragrant flowers open at night but remain open until the next morning. They are up to long and have a diameter of with bracts are white to pink. The spherical fruits are greenish to reddish and reach a diameter of up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Madidiensis
''Weberbauerocereus madidiensis'' is a species of ''Weberbauerocereus'' from Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w .... Description ''Weberbauerocereus madidiensis'' grows as a shrub with more or less upright, cylindrical shoots 10–15(–33) cm in diameter, that branch out from the base and 5–7 meters tall. Areolas have (11)13 to 19 spines that are brown and yellowish spines in the apical part, slightly shiny, mature stems with thorns whitish below; ribs 16 to 24, 1–2.4 34.5–7.9 mm. Flowers located in the upper third already apex of stems, nocturnal, more or less radially symmetrical flowers stand horizontally from the shoot. They are up to 7.4–13.4 millimeters long with a 4.5–4.6 mm diameter. The strong flower tube is reddish and covered with dark ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weberbauerocereus Longicomus
''Weberbauerocereus longicomus'' is a species of ''Weberbauerocereus ''Weberbauerocereus'' is a genus of ceroid cactus, considered to be intermediate between the genera ''Trichocereus'' and ''Cleistocactus''. The genus is named after Augusto Weberbauer because of his extensive research in the Peruvian Andes. The ...'' from Peru. References External links * * longicomus Flora of Peru {{Cactus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
