Juniperus flaccida

Juniperus flaccida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Juniperus
Sectio: Juniperus sect. Sabina
Species: Juniperus flaccida
Varietates: J. f. var. flaccida – J. f. var. martinezii

Name

Juniperus flaccida Schltdl., Linnaea 12: 495. 1838.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Juniperus foetida var. flaccida (Schltdl.) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 16: 298. 1841.
  • Sabina flaccida (Schltdl.) Antoine, Cupress.-Gatt.: 37. 1857.
  • Juniperus flaccida var. typica Martínez, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 17: 25. 1946, nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Schlechtendal, D.F.L.v. 1838. Vorläufige Nachricht über die mexicanischen Coniferen. Linnaea 12: 486–496. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Adams, R.P. 2004. Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus. v + 275 p., Vancouver: Trafford, ISBN 1-4120-4250-X. Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2005. Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 643 p., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Juniperus flaccida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 15. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Juniperus flaccida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Weeping Juniper

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