Juniperus phoenicea L.

English: Phoenicean Juniper

German: Phönizischer Wacholder

Portuguese: Sabina-da-praia

Spanish: Sabina

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Pinopsida (36)

      Order: Pinales (35)

        Family: Cupressaceae (13)(family description)

          Genus: Juniperus (7)

            Epithet: phoenicea L. (2)

Synonyms: Cupressus devoniana Beissn., Cupressus tetragona Humb. & Bonpl., Juniperus divaricata Carrière, Juniperus formosa Carrière, Juniperus langoldiana Godr., Juniperus malacocarpa Carrière, Juniperus myosuros Sénécl., Juniperus myosurus Sénécl., Juniperus myurus Beissn., Juniperus phoenicea Maire, Juniperus pyramidalis Carrière

divaricata => straggly, sprawling, or spreading

formosa => beautiful

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

pyramidalis => pyramid shaped

tetragona => four-angled, square

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: beige, white

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• [68] Juniperus phoenicea - Herbari de la Universitat de les Illes Balears

• [7] Lüpnitz, D. (1984): Pflanzen am Mittelmeer. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München, Germany.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.
• [21] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Lexikon der Nadelbäume. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.