Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii

A. Henry 1912

Common names

偃柏 yan bai (Fu et al. 1999); miyama-byakushin, shinpaku [Japanese] (Iwatsuki et al. 1995).

Taxonomic notes

Synonymy (Iwatsuki et al. 1995, Farjon 1998):

• Juniperus sargentii (A. Henry) Takeda ex Nakai 1930;
• Sabina sargentii (A. Henry) Miyabe et Tatewaki 1938;
• Sabina pacifica Nakai 1938;
• Sabina chinensis (L.) Antoine 1857;
• Sabina chinensis (L.) Antoine subsp. sargentii (Henry) Sugim. 1972, nom. nud.;
• Sabina chinensis (L.) Antoine var. sargentii (A. Henry) Cheng et Fu 1978.

Description

Dioecious evergreen shrub 0.5-2 m tall, usually procumbent, with dense crown, horizontal trunk and upright shoots. Leaves scale- or needle-like. Scale-like leaves predominant on adult plants, dark blue-green, rounded, diamond-shaped or oval, 3-6 mm long, with dark glands. Young needle-like leaves pointed, cylindrical, to 15 mm long. Seed cones fleshy, globose, 8-9 mm diameter, each with 2-3 triangular seeds. Pollination in July, seeds mature October-November of the next year (Harkevich and Kachura 1981, Iwatsuki et al. 1995, Fu et al. 1999).

Distribution and Ecology

Japan: S. Kuriles, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, in rocky places from near sea level to subalpine regions; China: Heilongjiang; rare in Russia: Sakhalin and South Kurile Islands; Korea; Taiwan (Harkevich and Kachura 1981, Iwatsuki et al. 1995, Fu et al. 1999).

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2023.03.03.

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

Henry, A. 1912 in Elwes, Trees Great Britain 6: 1432.

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