| Weberbauerocereus | |
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| Weberbauerocereus longicomus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Cereeae |
| Subtribe: | Trichocereinae |
| Genus: | Weberbauerocereus Backeb.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Meyenia Backeb., nom. illeg. | |
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.[citation needed] The genus is native to Bolivia and Peru.[1]