Weberocereus

Br&R

◊◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:431 (1909)
Eccremocactus Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:261 (1913)
Type: Weberocereus tunilla (Web)Br&R

- Epiphytes with aerial roots. Stems slender, ribbed, twosided or three to six angled, but mostly four. Spines mostly very soft and bristly, to thin needlelike. Flowers nocturnal. Flower 3-10 cm long, short funnel form or bell shaped. Ovary with podaria, with bristly hairs and extrafloral honey glands 2 mm under the areoles. Inner petals lanceolate, obtuse or pointed. Style thin. Fruit 3 cm diameter, globose to oval, with podaria, pink to red, yellowish to greenish. Areoles naked or with hairs and thin spines. Pulpa white or red. Seed 1.5 mm, dull black.

- Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador.

Cact. 2:214
Cact. 4: 204 (Eccremocactus)
Ep. Hb. 124", 125, 161 (Eccremocactus)
Backeberg 2:800
Backeberg 2:755 (Eccremocactus)
Icones. Pl. Succ. 34:78-82" (1962) (Eccremocactus)
CSJ(USA) 28:117,179'; 29:26-28; 34:78-82; 40:113, 153
Kew Mag. 2:339 (1985)
Ash. 1-1:11
Succulenta 57(6):119, 124"
KuaS 28(3):64
RPS 23 (1972) (Eccremocactus)
Bradleya 4:65 (Eccremocactus)
EPIG 14(1):6
NCL 279
Phytotaxa 327(1):32 (2017)