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Juniperus

The genus Juniperus is in the family Cupressaceae in the major group Gymnosperms (Conifers, cycads and allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Juniperus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Juniperus × ambigens (Fassett) R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus angosturana R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus arizonica (R.P.Adams) R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus ashei J.Buchholz Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus barbadensis L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus bermudiana L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus blancoi Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus brevifolia (Seub.) Antoine Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus californica Carrière Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus cedrus Webb & Berthel. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus chinensis L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus coahuilensis (Martínez) Gaussen ex R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus comitana Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus communis L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus compacta (Martínez) R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus convallium Rehder & E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus coxii A.B.Jacks. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus deltoides R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus deppeana Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus drupacea Labill. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus durangensis Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus erectopatens (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus × fassettii B.Boivin Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus flaccida Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus foetidissima Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus formosana Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus gracilior Pilg. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus grandis R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus horizontalis Moench Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus indica Bertol. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus jaliscana Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus jarkendensis Kom. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus komarovii Florin Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus macrocarpa Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus maritima R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus martinezii Pérez de la Rosa Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus × media Dmitr. Accepted M TRO
Juniperus microsperma (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus monticola Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus morrisonicola Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus mucronata R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus navicularis Gand. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus occidentalis Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus oxycedrus L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus × palanciana J.M.Aparicio & Uribe-Ech. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus phoenicea L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus pinchotii Sudw. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus pingii W.C.Cheng ex Ferré Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus poblana (Martínez) R.P.Adams Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus polycarpos K.Koch Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus procumbens (Siebold ex Endl.) Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus przewalskii Kom. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus pseudosabina Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus recurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus rigida Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus sabina L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus saltillensis M.T.Hall Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus saltuaria Rehder & E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus saxicola Britton & P.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus semiglobosa Regel Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus squamata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus standleyi Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus taxifolia Hook. & Arn. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus thurifera L. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus tibetica Kom. Accepted H WCSP
Juniperus virginiana L. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 353 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Juniperus. Of these 71 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 305 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Juniperus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 353 species names for the genus Juniperus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 71 20.1%
Synonym 272 77.1%
Unplaced 4 1.1%
Unassessed 6 1.7%

All names

The status of the 658 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Juniperus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 106 16.1%
Synonym 542 82.4%
Unplaced 4 0.6%
Unassessed 6 0.9%

Of these names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 353 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Juniperus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 70 256 0 0 326 92.4%
Medium confidence 1 11 0 0 12 3.4%
Low confidence 0 5 4 6 15 4.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Juniperus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 11 0 6 0 18 5.1%
WCSP 70 261 4 0 1 336 95.2%