Juniperus Linnaeus 1753 (juniper)

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Cupressoideae according to P. Gadek et al. 2000

See also Chauhan 1991, Hueber 1983, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Fokienia, Thuja, Thujopsis

Subtaxa: Juniperus barbadensis Juniperus bermudiana Juniperus californica Juniperus communis Juniperus haydenii Juniperus hypnoides Juniperus lycia Juniperus oxycedrus Juniperus phoenicea Juniperus sabina Juniperus thurifera Juniperus virginiana

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Type: Juniperus communis

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (5 collections), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of China (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Miocene of Germany (2), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (8: California, Montana, Nevada)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Montana)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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