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Taxon: Juniperus chinensis L.

Genus: Juniperus
Family: Cupressaceae.
Nomen number: 300290
Place of publication: Mant. pl. 1:127. 1767
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 09-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Jul-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 1 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.


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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]
  • miyamabyakushin   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii]
  • kong nam tson   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Transcribed Korean
  • kong nam tsong   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Transcribed Korean   [Juniperus chinensis var. chinensis]

Economic importance:

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

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands, Sakhalin
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    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

      Cultivated:
  • 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.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 257–258.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:88.
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases 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 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?300290 (09 February 2010)

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