Juniperus convallium Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Species

Gymnosperms > Cupressales > Cupressaceae > Juniperus

Characteristics

Trees, rarely shrubs, dioecious or monoecious; branchlets densely arranged, straight or curved, terete, rarely slightly 4-angled, thin, ultimate ones usually about 1 mm in diam. Leaves grayish green, both scalelike and needlelike; needlelike leaves present only on young plants, decussate or in whorls of 3, ascending, 3-8 mm, concave adaxially; scalelike leaves decussate, rarely in whorls of 3, closely appressed, 1.5-2 × 0.8-1 mm, abaxial gland near center, convex or concave. Pollen cones 1.5-3 mm; microsporophylls 6-8, each with 2 or 3 pollen sacs. Seed cones terminal on short, curved or erect branchlets, reddish brown to purplish black when ripe, glaucous or not, ovoid, conical-ovoid, or globose, 5-8(-10) × 5-6 mm, 1-seeded. Seeds conical-globose or flattened ovoid, 3-5 mm in diam., with or without resin pits.
Life form annual
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 7 - 10
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Juniperus convallium world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Juniperus convallium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676804-1
WFO ID wfo-0000355491
COL ID 6NGH3
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Synonyms

Juniperus convallium Sabina convallium Sabina mekongensis

Lower taxons

Juniperus convallium var. microsperma Juniperus convallium var. convallium