Juniperus

Also known as junipers, the juniper genus

Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus ( ) of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far south as tropical Africa, as far north as the Arctic, and parts of Asia and Central America. The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of in southeastern Tibet and the northern Himalayas, creating one of the highest tree lines on earth.

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Juniperus is a genus of trees within the family Cupressaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is Juniperus L., with the authority cited as L. The taxonomic type species is Juniperus communis. Common names for the group include juniper and foochow.

The genus has a wide native range that includes Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, and Austria. It has also been introduced to Ascension, Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho, Mauritius, Réunion, St. Helena, and Trinidad-Tobago. One species, commonly known as eastern redcedar, is noted in records.

Juniperus is used as a spice. Records indicate 1,349,247 occurrences and 1,942 referenced encyclopedia articles. The genus is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Species

eastern redcedar

Juniperus

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassPinopsida
OrderPinales
FamilyCupressaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria

Observations117,554

Observations recorded1,349,247

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