Family:
Cupressaceae Gray
Genus:
Juniperus L.

Juniperus deppeana Steud.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Arizona to W. Texas and Mexico.

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Juniperus deppeana is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.72, which places it in position 1069 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 3.27, ranked 1052. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas

English
Alligator Juniper

Juniperus deppeana Steud. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 835 (1840)

Accepted by

  • Adams, R.P. & Schwarzbach, A.E. (2013). Taxonomy of Juniperus deppeana varieties and formas based on nrDNA (ITS), petN-psbM, trnS-trnG, trnD-trnT, trnL-trnF sequences Phytologia 95: 161-166.
  • Adams, R.P. & Schwarzbach, A.E. (2013). Taxonomy of the serrate leaf Juniperus of North America: Phylogenetic analyses using nrDNA and four cpDNA regions Phytologia 95: 172-178.
  • 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.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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