Juniperus deppeana

Juniperus deppeana var. deppeana, Strawberry, Gila County, Arizona

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 deppeana
Varietates: J. d. var. deppeana – J. d. var. patoniana – J. d. var. robusta – J. d. var. sperryi

Formae: J. d. f. zacatacensis

Name

Juniperus deppeana Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 835. 1840.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Juniperus mexicana Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 77. 1830, nom. illeg. non Spreng. (1826).
• Homotypic
  • Sabina mexicana Antoine, Cupress.-Gatt.: 38. 1857, nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

Primary references

• Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars I: Lit. A–K. 852 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. 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 deppeana 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. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alligator-Wacholder
English: Alligator Juniper
español: Táscate
русский: Можжевельник толстокорый

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