Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus communis var. saxatilis Pall. [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Juniperus communis L.
Infraspecies:: 8

Juniperus communis var. charlottensis R.P.Adams

Juniperus communis var. communis

Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh

Juniperus communis nothosubsp. guadarramica Rivas Mart.

Juniperus communis var. hemisphaerica (J.Presl & C.Presl) Parl.

Juniperus communis var. kelleyi R.P.Adams

Juniperus communis var. megistocarpa Fernald & H.St.John

Juniperus communis var. nipponica (Maxim.) E.H.Wilson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aarar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
abahal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhentri	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
common juniper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
fjäll-en	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
genévrier nain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginepro nano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
haauber	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hapushaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
havushaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hubb-ularar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
matsyagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mountain juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xian bei ci bai	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xien bei ci bai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zwergwacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Berries		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
berries, aerial parts	dried fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Juniperus communis var. montana Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 414 (1789).
Juniperus sibirica Burgsd. Anleit. Sich. Erzieh. Holzart. 2: 124 (1787).
Juniperus alpina Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 226 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. illeg.
Juniperus alpina Hill Brit. Herb.: 511 (1756), opus utique oppr.
Juniperus caesia Regel Gartenflora 6: 346 (1857), nom. illeg.
Juniperus communis subsp. alpina (Suter) Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 17 (1867).
Juniperus communis var. alpina Suter Helvet. Fl. 2: 292 (1802).
Juniperus communis var. arborea Suter Helvet. Fl. 2: 292 (1802).
Juniperus communis f. aureospica (Rehder) O.L.Lipa Dendrofl. URSR 1: 168 (1939).
Juniperus communis var. aureospica Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cult. Evergreens: 199 (1923).
Juniperus communis var. caucasica Endl. Syn. Conif.: 16 (1847).
Juniperus communis var. jackii Rehder Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 70 (1907).
Juniperus communis var. kamchatkensis R.P.Adams Phytologia 94: 294 (2012).
Juniperus communis var. nana Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 2: 308 (1816).
Juniperus communis subsp. nana (Baumg.) Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 8: 275 (1868).
Juniperus communis subsp. oblonga (M.Bieb.) Galushko Trudy Sektora Rast. Res. Komit. Nauk Uzbeksk. SSR 2-3: 165 (1950), nom. illeg.
Juniperus communis var. oblonga (M.Bieb.) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 479 (1868), nom. illeg.
Juniperus communis f. pygmaea (K.Koch) R.P.Adams & Tashev Phytologia 96: 128 (2014).
Juniperus communis subsp. pygmaea (K.Koch) Imkhan. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 27: 10 (1990).
Juniperus communis subsp. saxatilis (Pall.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 21 (1982).
Juniperus communis var. sibirica (Burgsd.) Rydb. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 533 (1896).
Juniperus communis subsp. sibirica (Burgsd.) Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 8: 275 (1868).
Juniperus hartwissiana Steven ex Köppen Ueb. Pfl. Acclimat. in Russl.: 6 (1856).
Juniperus hartwissiana Sperk Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 13(6): 81 (1869).
Juniperus jackii (Rehder) R.P.Adams Phytologia 94: 292 (2012).
Juniperus montana (Aiton) Lindl. & Gordon J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 200 (1850).
Juniperus nana Willd. Berlin. Baumz.: 159 (1796), nom. superfl.
Juniperus nana var. alpina (Suter) Endl. Syn. Conif.: 14 (1847).
Juniperus nana f. canadensis-aurea Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 133 (1891).
Juniperus oblonga M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 426 (1808).
Juniperus pygmaea K.Koch Linnaea 22: 302 (1849).
Juniperus rebunensis Kudô & Sasaki Med. Pl. Hokk.: t. 6 (1922).
Juniperus sibirica var. montana (Aiton) Beck Blätt. Vereins Landesk. Nieder-Österreich 1890: 78 (1890).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperus communis L. var. saxatilis Pall.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Juniperus communis L. var.saxatilis Pallas.	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Juniperus communis Linn. var. saxatillis Palias.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Juniperus communis var. montana Ait.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Juniperus communis var. saxatilis Pall.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Juniperus sibirica Loddiges	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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