Nomenclature
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Plantae | Browse at kingdom-level |
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| Order | Pinales Gorozh. | Browse at order-level |
| Family | Cupressaceae Gray | Browse at family-level |
| Genus | Juniperus L. | Browse at genus-level |
| Section | ||
| Species | Juniperus communis L. | Browse at species-level |
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Binomial synonyms
No alternative names for this entry in the database.
Common names
| Common name | Language |
|---|---|
| Common juniper | English |
| (koti)kataja | Finnish |
| Kataja | |
| Genibre | French |
| Genièvre | |
| Genévrier | |
| Genévrier commun | |
| Gemeine Wacholder | German |
| Gemeiner Wachholder | |
| Junipero | Spanish |
Genealogy
Genetics
| Chromosome pairs | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Parentage background | No parentage background information stored. | |
| Ploidy level | No ploidy level information stored. | |
| Species identifier DNA | No species identifier DNA information stored. | |
Subspecies
Distribution
No distribution maps for this entry in the database.
Macromorphology
- Description
- A slow-growing evergreen conifer, prostate to erect shrub, more rarely a tree up to 10-17 m, with conical crown.
- Growth form
- Organism part
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- Stems, twigs, branches
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- Color
- Green (at first), pale crown (at maturity)
- Leaves, leaflets
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- Color
- Green, white band (on the upperside)
- Shape
- Needle-like, sessile
- Note
- Borne in whorls of three
- Leaf division
- Simple
- Leaf apex
- Acuminate, pungent, acute
- Leaf permanence
- Evergreen
- Flowers, inflorescences
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- Part type
- Cones, ellipsoidal (male), subglobose (male, female), ovoid (female)
- Fruits
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- Part type
- Cones, berry-like
- Color
- Purple, black
- Shape
- Subglobose, globose, ovoid
- Note
- Female cones composed of 3 scales; fleshy
- Spores, seeds
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- Shape
- Three-cornered, ovoid
- Note
- 1-3 seeds in each cone; seeds are without wings
Chemicals
No compound entries for this entry in the database.
Images
No images for this entry in the database.
Color swatches
This gallery showcases color samples measured from materials dyed with this organism. The materials were dyed
with organism parts or whole organism, and no chemical analyses of the colourants present have been performed.
Materials and mordants are reported where applicable. This gallery only showcases what colors one might be able
to achieve from dyeing with this organism.
References
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J.
Mauseth,
Botany: an introduction to plant biology. . Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc., 1998 -
A.
Kurtto,
R.
Lampinen,
M.
Piirainen,
and
P.
Uotila,
Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. Helsinki. . Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS, 2019 -
T.
Lim,
Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Fruits. . Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York, 2012 , DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7 -
B.
Jonsell,
Flora Nordica. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Polygonaceae. . The Bergius Foundation. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Stockholm. Sweden-, 2000 -
C.
Enescu,
G.
Caudullo,
and
D.
de Rigo,
Juniperus communis in Europe: distribution, habitat, usage and threats. In: San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., de Rigo, D., Caudullo, G., Houston Durrant, T., Mauri, A. (Eds.), European Atlas of Forest Tree Species. . Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. pp., 2016 , DOI: 10.2760/776635 -
L.
Hämet-Ahti,
A.
Palmén,
P.
Alanko,
and
P.
Tigerstedt,
Suomen puu- ja pensaskasvio. Woody Flora of Finland. Helsinki. . Dendrologian Seura r. y., 1992 -
B.
Mossberg,
and
L.
Stenberg,
Suuri pohjolan kasvio. Suom. Vuokko, Seppo & Väre, Henry. . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi, 2005