Weberbauera is a genus of flowering plants in the crucifer family Brassicaceae, native to the central Andes; Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.
The genus has simple or branched trichomes, basal leaves with petioles which are linear to oblanceolate or oblong, relatively elongated stems with or without cauline leaves, inflorescences which are ebracteate or basally bracteate racemes which are longer than basal leaves, and seeds without mucilage. The fruit are curved or straight siliques which are torulose or not.
It is quite similar in fruit and flower to Zuloagocardamum and Chilocardamum.
Species Currently accepted species include:
Weberbauera arequipa Al-Shehbaz & Montesinos Weberbauera ayacuchoensis Al-Shehbaz, A.Cano & Trinidad Weberbauera bracteata (O.E.Schulz) J.F.Macbr. Weberbauera chillanensis (Phil.) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera colchaguensis (Barnéoud) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera cymosa Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera densifolia Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera dillonii Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera herzogii (O.E.Schulz) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera imbricatifolia (Barnéoud) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera incisa Al-Shehbaz, P. Gonzáles & A. Cano Weberbauera lagunae (O.E.Schulz) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera minutipila Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera orophila (Wedd.) Salariato &. Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera perforata Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera peruviana (DC.) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera retropila Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera rosulans (O.E.Schulz) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera scabrifolia Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera smithii Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera spathulifolia (A.Gray) O.E.Schulz Weberbauera stenophylla (Leyb.) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera suffruticosa (Barnéoud) Al-Shehbaz Weberbauera trichocarpa (Muschl.) J.F.Macbr. Weberbauera violacea Al-Shehbaz
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