Taxon: Juniperus deppeana Steud.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana (no accessions)
• Juniperus deppeana var. robusta (no accessions)
• Juniperus deppeana var. sperryi (no accessions)
• Juniperus deppeana var. zacatecensis (no accessions)

Common names:

• alligator juniper   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• alligator juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana]
  
• checker-bark juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• checker-bark juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana]
  
• robust juniper   (Source: Gen Juniperus ) – English   [Juniperus deppeana var. robusta]
  
• Sperry's juniper   (Source: Gen Juniperus ) – English   [Juniperus deppeana var. sperryi]
  
• western juniper   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana]
  
• Zacatecas juniper   (Source: Gen Juniperus ) – English   [Juniperus deppeana var. zacatecensis]
  
• cedro   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  
• cedro chino   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  
• cedro chino   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish   [Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana]
  
• táscate   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  
• táscate blanco   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  
• tláscal   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Materials: beads   (fide Bot Beads World; as web document)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s. & c.], Texas [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.e. & c.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Zacatecas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Puebla, Queretaro

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. 2:418.
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 278.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983).
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• 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. 8:90.
• Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Juniperus deppeana.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Juniperus deppeana.

Synonyms:

• (=) Juniperus pachyphloea Torr.
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)

Check other web resources for Juniperus deppeana Steud.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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
• 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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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