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Weberocereus
Sign in to saveWeberocereus is genus of cacti. It produces a green and white flower and is found mainly in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. ==Description== The species of the genus Weberocereus grows climbing or hanging, epiphytic or lithophytic. Their shoots, which are round in cross-section, are angular or flattened. The 2 to 5 ribs have lobed or toothed margins on which are small, sparsely spined areoles. The spines are short and bristly or sometimes absent at all.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- NY, UFAC, MO, K
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil, Nicaragua
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Weberocereus is genus of cacti. It produces a green and white flower and is found mainly in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. ==Description== The species of the genus Weberocereus grows climbing or hanging, epiphytic or lithophytic. Their shoots, which are round in cross-section, are angular or flattened. The 2 to 5 ribs have lobed or toothed margins on which are small, sparsely spined areoles. The spines are short and bristly or sometimes absent at all.
The bell-shaped to short funnel-shaped flowers that arise on the side of the shoots are mottled pink to yellowish white to green and 3 to 10 centimeters long. They open at night. The areoles on the pericarp and the flower tube are covered with bristly or hairy spines.
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