45.000 Juniperus L. - Junipers

Description of the genus

Evergreen shrubs or trees, dioecious or monoecious. Mature leaves decussate, appressed, imbricate and small; juvenile leaves subulate and spreading. Male cones of several scales bearing 2-6 pollen-sacs. Female cones fleshy, berry-like and indehiscent; scales fleshy, swollen and fused. Seeds 1-few.

Derivation of name: An ancient Latin name

Worldwide: 50 species in the northern hemisphere to tropical mountains of Africa and the West Indies

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Juniperus:

Our websites:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Juniperus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Juniperus

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Juniperus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Juniperus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Juniperus
Wikipedia: Juniperus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Juniperus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Juniperus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Juniperus.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=96, retrieved 24 March 2023

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