Juniperus chinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cupressales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Subclassis: Cupressidae Ordo: Cupressales

Juniperus chinensis L., Mant. Pl.: 127 (1767).

Juniperus chinensis Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 3: 840 (1832), nom. illeg. homonym. post. = Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Norway (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), Manchuria (Heilongjiang), China North-Central (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi), China Southeast (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang).
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar.

Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.

Adams, R.P. 2004. Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus. v + 275 p., Vancouver: Trafford, ISBN 1-4120-4250-X. Reference page.
Farjon, A. 2005. Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 643 p., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Juniperus chinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Feb 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Juniperus chinensis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 07 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Juniperus chinensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Jan 2020. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Juniperus chinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page.