Juniper

Juniper
Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) in Nevada, United States
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Genus: Juniperus
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Type species
Juniperus communis
Species

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Synonyms
  • Arceuthos Antoine & Kotschy
  • Oxycedrus Carrière
  • Sabina Miller
  • Sabinella Nakai
  • Thujiaecarpus von Trautvetter

Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus (/ˈnɪpərəs/ joo-NIP-ər-əs)[1] of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa, throughout parts of western, central and southern Asia, east to eastern Tibet in the Old World, and in the mountains of Central America. The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) in southeastern Tibet and the northern Himalayas, creating one of the highest tree lines on earth.[2]

  1. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995: 606–607
  2. ^ Hampe, Hampe; Petit, Re´my J. (2010). "Cryptic forest refugia on the 'Roof of the World'". New Phytologist. 185 (1): 5–7. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03112.x. hdl:10261/64089. PMID 20088971.

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