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Common name

English: Phoenicean Juniper

German: Phönizischer Wacholder

Portuguese: Sabina-da-praia

Spanish: Sabina

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2595)

  Phylum: Pinophyta (36)

    Class: Pinopsida (36)

      Order: Pinales (35)

        Family: Cupressaceae (13)

          Genus: Juniperus (7)

            Epithet: phoenicea L. (2)

Synonym: Cupressus devoniana Beissn.

phoenicea => referring to the genus Phoenix, or the color purple

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

Check for Juniperus phoenicea at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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