Taxon: Juniperus chinensis L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis (no accessions)
• Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens (1 accessions)
• Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii (no accessions)

Common names:

• Chinese juniper   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Chinese juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]
  
• Sargent juniper   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii]
  
• yan bai   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii]
  
• yuan bai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• yuan bai   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]
  
• byakushin   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]
  
• ibuki   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• ibuki   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]
  
• ibuki-byakusahin   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]
  
• ibuki-byakushin   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kamakura-byakushin   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kamakura-byakushin   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]
  
• miyama-byakushin   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii]
  
• hyangnamu   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:127 [as Sabina chinensis]) – Transcribed Korean
  
• japansk kryp-en   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens]
  
• kinesisk en   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• sargent-en   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii]
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (rust diseases fide Disease Comp, Compendium of apple and pear diseases 13. 1990. APS)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Monog Cupressaceae)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands, Sakhalin
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu [s.], Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei [w.], Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi [s.], Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan [e.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Myanmar

• also cultivated

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.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 257–258.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. [= Sabina chinensis (L.) Antoine].
• Jones, A. L. & H. S. Aldwinckle. 1990. Compendium of apple and pear diseases. In: American Phytopathological Society, The disease compendium series. 13.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:127. [= Sabina chinensis (L.) Antoine].
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:88.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Juniperus chinensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Juniperus chinensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Juniperus chinensis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Juniperus chinensis f. aurea (M. Young) Beissn.
  
• (=) Juniperus chinensis var. aurea M. Young
  
• (=) Juniperus chinensis var. columnaris D. Fairchild
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Juniperus procumbens (Endl.) Miq. [≡ Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Juniperus sargentii (A. Henry) Takeda ex Koidz. [≡ Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii]
  

Check other web resources for Juniperus chinensis L.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Juniperus chinensis 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.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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