Family:
Cupressaceae Gray
Genus:
Juniperus L.

Juniperus ashei J.Buchholz

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Missouri to Mexico (N. Coahuila).

[EDGE]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Juniperus ashei is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.65, which places it in position 1066 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 3.49, ranked 1036. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Arkansas, Mexico Northeast, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas

English
Mountain Cedar

Juniperus ashei J.Buchholz appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1999 Adams, R.P. [210] K000088350 No
Jul 1, 1999 Adams, R.P. [513] K000088351 No
Jul 1, 1999 Lindheimer, F.J. [1198] K000088871 No
Jul 1, 1999 Palmer, E.J. [1297] K000088353 No
Jul 1, 1999 Palmer, E.J. [10764] K000088352 No

First published in Bot. Gaz. 90: 329 (1930)

Accepted by

  • Adams, R.P. (2008). Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus ed. 2: 1-402. Trafford publishing Co., Vancouver.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Adams, R.P. (2008). Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus ed. 2: 1-402. Trafford publishing Co., Vancouver.

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0