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Taxon: Juniperus communis L.

Genus: Juniperus
Family: Cupressaceae.
Nomen number: 20821
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1040. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 10-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Jul-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 17 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • common juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus communis var. communis]
  • common juniper   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • dwarf juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus communis var. depressa]
  • juniper   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • malchangel   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  • mountain juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus communis var. saxatilis]
  • prostrate juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus communis var. depressa]
  • xien bei ci bai   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Juniperus communis var. saxatilis]
  • genévrier   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  • genévrier commun   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – French   [Juniperus communis var. communis]
  • genévrier nain   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – French   [Juniperus communis var. saxatilis]
  • genièvre commun   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  • gemeine Wacholder   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – German
  • gemeine Wacholder   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – German   [Juniperus communis var. communis]
  • Wacholder   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German
  • Zwergwacholder   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – German   [Juniperus communis var. saxatilis]
  • ginepro   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Italian
  • ginepro nano   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Italian   [Juniperus communis var. saxatilis]
  • zimbreiro   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • enebro   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Turkey
    Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [e.]; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kamchatka, Kurile Islands, Sakhalin
    China: China - Jilin, Xinjiang, Xizang
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu; Korea
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Nepal; Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n. & e.], Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota [n.w.], Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Georgia [n.], North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

References:

  • Adams, R. P. & R. N. Pandey. 2003. Analysis of Juniperus communis and its varieties based on DNA fingerprinting. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 31:1271–1278.
  • Adams, R. P. et al. 2002. Systematics of Juniperus from eastern Asia based on Random Amplified Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs). Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 30:231–241.
  • Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2. (Gen Juniperus)
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:414–415.
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 265–267.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [with three varieties].
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:89.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Juniperus communis L.:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Juniperus communis cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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