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Taxon: Juniperus phoenicea L.

Genus: Juniperus
Family: Cupressaceae.
Nomen number: 20853
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: 11-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Jul-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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Common names:

  • Phoenician juniper   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • arâr   (Source: Monog Cupressaeceae) – Transliterated Arabic (Morocco)
  • genévrier rouge   (Source: Monog Cupressaeceae) – French

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Turkey [w.]
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

References:

  • Adams, R. P. 1999. Systematics of the multi-seeded eastern hemisphere Juniperus based on leaf essential oils and RAPD DNA fingerprinting. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 27:709–725.
  • Adams, R. P. 2008. Junipers of the world: the genus Juniperus, ed. 2. (Gen Juniperus)
  • Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 336.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996–. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. (F Arabia)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Juniperus phoenicea L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • 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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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20853 (09 February 2010)

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