Gymnospermae - 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, Christenhusz et al. 2011, 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
Type: Juniperus communis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
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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