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

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. 

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Weeping Juniper
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