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| Subgenus Juniperus | ||
| Section Juniperus | ||
| Subsection Caryocedrus | ||
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¤ Juniperus drupacea Labill. - Cones Greece: Peloponnese: Arcadia Pref. Slopes of Parnon Mountain, near Malevis monastery. 37° 20'N - 22° 25' E, 918m altitude (M. P. Frankіs, D. Bakhtin & O. Bobirenko) Three cones showing variation in the density of the white wax coating, also one (lower left) with the wax removed to show the ground colour. Below : (right) unusually large cone, 28mm. (left) some cones have nine scales, rather than the usual six. 
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| Subsection Oxycedrus | ||
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¤ Juniperus macrocarpa Sibth. & Sm. - Cones Greece: Peloponnese: Laconia Pref. 36° 31' N - 22° 59' E; altitude : 2m (D. Bakhtin & L. Bakhtina) | |
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¤ Juniperus oxycedrus L. subsp. oxycedrus - Cones Greece: Peloponnese: Arcadia Pref. Slopes of Parnon Mountain, road to Sitena 37° 20' N - 22° 36' E; altitude : 1028m (M. P. Frankіs, D. Bakhtin & O. Bobirenko) | |
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¤ Juniperus oxycedrus L. subsp. oxycedrus - Cones Spain: Alicante: Benidorm. 38° 32' N - 0° 08' W; altitude : 10m (D. Capewell) | |
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¤ Juniperus cedrus Webb & Berthelot - Cones Left & shoot : Canary Islands: Tenerife, Aguamansa (all cones but one) cultivated, re-introduced within deforested former native area 28° 21' 30" N - 16° 30' W; altitude : 1120m Right : Canary Islands: Tenerife, La Fortaleza (one cone) 28° 19' N - 16° 36' W; altitude : 2080m (M. P. Frankіs) | |
| Subsection Juniperus | ||
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¤ Juniperus communis L. subsp. communis - Medium needles, small cones Erect shrub to 3m tall Scotland: Spey Valley, Abernethy Forest 57° 14' N - 3° 38' W; altitude : 350m (M. P. Frankіs) | |
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¤ Juniperus communis L. subsp. communis - Cones, very long needles 15-20 (-27) mm Erect shrub to 3m tall Bulgaria: lower slopes of Pirin Mts, near Bansko 41° 49' N - 23° 29' E; altitude : 1050m (M. P. Frankіs & A. Antonov) 
Right : note cones 'buried', largely hidden among the long leaves. | |
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¤ Juniperus communis L. subsp. alpina (Suter) Čelakovský - Short needles, big cones Prostrate shrub to 0.6m high Bulgaria: upper slopes of Pirin Mts, Samodivska Porta 41° 41' N - 23° 29' 30" E; altitude : 2400m (M. P. Frankіs) Above : some plants have more ovoid cones. Below : most cones globose; note cone at left has six scales, rather than the usual three. 
Right : note large cones tightly packed (almost like a bunch of grapes) and exposed outside the short leaves. | |
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¤ Juniperus communis L. subsp. alpina (Suter) Čelakovský - Small cones USA: Oregon: Lane Co., McKenzie Pass 44° 15' 20" - 121° 49' W; altitude : 1600m Note small cones (stated by Flora N America to be always smaller than the leaf length), compared to European origins of subsp. alpina. The varietal name J. communis subsp. alpina var. jackii Rehder can be applied to this western American population of the subspecies. (M. P. Frankіs & R. Lovett) | |
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¤ Juniperus rigida Siebold & Zucarini - Cones cult. Bedgebury Pinetum, UK. (M. P. Frankіs) | |
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¤ Juniperus conferta Parlatore - Cones cult. Bedgebury Pinetum, UK (M. P. Frankіs) | |
| Subgenus Sabina | ||
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¤ Juniperus phoenicea L. - Cones Greece: Corinth Pref. Coast of Kechries Bay (Saronikos Gulf), near Aghios Theodori 37° 55' N - 23° 06' E; altitude : 15m (M. P. Frankіs, D. Bakhtin & O. Bobirenko) Monoecious, with male and female cones on the same plant. | |
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¤ Juniperus flaccida Schltdl. - Cones Mexico: Coahuila: Mesa de las Tablas. 25° 17' N - 100° 26' W; altitude : 2500m (M. P. Frankіs) | |
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¤ Juniperus flaccida Schltdl. - Cones Mexico: Coahuila: San Marcos. 24° 42' N - 100° 05' W; altitude : 1830m (M. P. Frankіs) | |
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¤ Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. - Cones cult., Wisley, UK. (M. P. Frankіs) | |
Photos : © Michael P. Frankіs
