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{{Taxobox
| name = Weingartia
| image = Weingartia_neocumingii.jpg
| kingdom = [[Plantae]]
| family = [[Cactaceae]]
| subfamily = [[Cactoideae]]
| tribe = [[Cereeae]]
| subtribe = [[Rebutiinae]]
| genus = '''Weingartia'''
| authority = Werdermann (1937)
| notes = Taxonomy follows Joël Lodé (2015) with molecular insights from Ritz et al. (2007), Mosti et al. (2011), and Schlumpberger & Renner (2012). The genus includes taxa formerly placed in ''Sulcorebutia'' and ''Cintia''.
}}

== Etymology ==
Named in honour of Wilhelm Weingart (1856–1936), German botanist and cactus specialist.

== Description ==
'''Weingartia''' is a genus of small globose to short columnar cacti, often with napiform roots.

* '''Habit''': Globose with flattened apex; sometimes elongating up to ~30 cm; solitary or clustering.
* '''Roots''': Often napiform (turnip-shaped).
* '''Ribs''': Strongly tuberculate; tubercles often spirally arranged.
* '''Areoles''': Close to the apex, strongly woolly.
* '''Spines''': Radial spines spreading, stiff, subulate; sometimes pectinate, interlaced or appressed; central spines stronger.
* '''Flowers''': Diurnal, often remaining open at night; yellow, orange, red, purple or bicoloured; usually self-sterile.
* '''Pollination''': Mainly by bees.
* '''Fruits''': Small, spherical to obovoid; initially juicy, later drying; basally dehiscent; floral remains persistent.
* '''Seeds''': Variable, black, dull to slightly shiny; ovate to helmet-shaped, with prominent hilum.

== Habitat ==
High-altitude Andean environments:

* rocky soils, slopes and crevices
* highland grasslands and plateaus
* often partially buried (mimetic growth)
* frequently associated with mosses and lichens

Altitude range: approximately 1600–3600 m.

== Distribution ==
South America:

* Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija)
* Argentina (Jujuy)

== Taxonomy ==
The genus is highly complex and has undergone major reinterpretation.

Key points:

* Strong morphological overlap between ''Weingartia'' and ''Sulcorebutia''
* Molecular studies show no clear separation between these groups
* ''Cintia'' is also embedded within the same lineage

Current interpretation:

* '''Weingartia sensu lato''' includes:
* ''Sulcorebutia''
* ''Cintia''

The taxa form a single, genetically cohesive group despite high morphological variability.

== Species ==
Following Joël Lodé (2015), including taxa formerly placed in ''Sulcorebutia'' and ''Cintia''.

* [[Weingartia arenacea]]
** [[Weingartia arenacea subsp. candiae]]
** [[Weingartia arenacea subsp. kamiensis]]
** [[Weingartia arenacea subsp. menesesii]]

* [[Weingartia augustinii]]
* [[Weingartia azurduyensis]]

* [[Weingartia breviflora]]
** [[Weingartia breviflora subsp. haseltonii]]
** [[Weingartia breviflora subsp. laui]]

* [[Weingartia caineana]]
* [[Weingartia canigueralii]]
* [[Weingartia cantargalloensis]]
* [[Weingartia caracarensis]]
* [[Weingartia cardenasiana]]

* [[Weingartia cintia]]

* [[Weingartia crispata]]
** [[Weingartia crispata subsp. hertusii]]

* [[Weingartia cuprea]]

* [[Weingartia cylindrica]]
** [[Weingartia cylindrica subsp. crucensis]]

* [[Weingartia dorana]]
* [[Weingartia elizabethae]]

* [[Weingartia fidana]]
** [[Weingartia fidana subsp. cintiensis]]

* [[Weingartia fischeriana]]
* [[Weingartia frankiana]]
* [[Weingartia frey-juckeri]]
* [[Weingartia gemmae]]
* [[Weingartia glomeriseta]]
* [[Weingartia heliosoides]]
* [[Weingartia inflexiseta]]
* [[Weingartia juckeri]]

* [[Weingartia kargliana]]

* [[Weingartia lanata]]
** [[Weingartia lanata subsp. pilcomayensis]]
** [[Weingartia lanata subsp. riograndensis]]

* [[Weingartia langeri]]
* [[Weingartia mariana]]

* [[Weingartia markusii]]
** [[Weingartia markusii subsp. mizquensis]]

* [[Weingartia mentosa]]
** [[Weingartia mentosa subsp. albissima]]
** [[Weingartia mentosa subsp. swobodae]]

* [[Weingartia naunacaensis]]

* [[Weingartia neocumingii]]
** [[Weingartia neocumingii subsp. hediniana]]
** [[Weingartia neocumingii subsp. pulquinensis]]
** [[Weingartia neocumingii subsp. sucrensis]]
** [[Weingartia neocumingii subsp. trollii]]

* [[Weingartia neumanniana]]

* [[Weingartia pampagrandensis]]
* [[Weingartia pasopayana]]
* [[Weingartia pulchra]]

* [[Weingartia purpurea]]
** [[Weingartia purpurea subsp. santiaginiensis]]

* [[Weingartia rauschii]]

* [[Weingartia roberto-vasquezii]]

* [[Weingartia steinbachii]]
** [[Weingartia steinbachii subsp. krugerae]]
** [[Weingartia steinbachii subsp. verticillacantha]]

* [[Weingartia tarijensis]]
** [[Weingartia tarijensis subsp. carichimayuensis]]
** [[Weingartia tarijensis subsp. samaensis]]

* [[Weingartia tarvitaensis]]
* [[Weingartia tiraquensis]]

* [[Weingartia torotorensis]]
* [[Weingartia totorensis]]

* [[Weingartia vargasii]]

* [[Weingartia vasqueziana]]
** [[Weingartia vasqueziana subsp. losenickyana]]

* [[Weingartia westii]]

== Notes ==
* One of the most taxonomically complex genera in Cactaceae.
* Includes taxa formerly treated as separate genera (''Sulcorebutia'', ''Cintia'').
* Morphological traits such as spine length and flower colour are highly variable and unreliable.
* Ongoing molecular studies continue to refine species limits.

[[Category:Cactaceae]]
[[Category:Cactoideae]]
[[Category:Cereeae]]
[[Category:Rebutiinae]]
[[Category:Weingartia]]

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