| Weberbauerocereus winterianus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Weberbauerocereus |
| Species: | W. winterianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Weberbauerocereus winterianus F.Ritter | |
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Weberbauerocereus winterianus is a species of Weberbauerocereus from Peru.
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 5 to 8 centimeters. The branches have 20 to 30 blunt ribs are up to 5 millimeters high with dark areoles on it that are up to 4 millimeters long. Areoles have dark, golden-yellow spines emerge from them. The 12 to 15 needle-shaped central spines are strong, growing up to 1.5 centimeters long and the 20 to 30 fine marginal spines lie close to the shoots growing 5 to 15 millimeters long. In the flowering area, the shoots are covered with fine, light yellow to golden yellow, bristle-like spines that are up to 7 centimeters long.
The flowers open at night and are up to 7.5 centimeters 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 4 centimeters. They are covered with dense dark wool. [2]
Weberbauerocereus winterianus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Cajamarca and Ancash.
The first description was made in 1962 by Friedrich Ritter. [3] The specific epithet winterianus honors the nursery owner Hildegard Winter (1893–1975), Friedrich Ritter's sister. Nomenclature synonym are Haageocereus winterianus (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath (1995) and Echinopsis winteriana (F.Ritter) Molinari & Mayta (2015).
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