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: Weberocereus
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).

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.

Synonyms

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.

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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 431.

Additional references

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.

Links

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.

Vernacular names

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

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