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Chinese Juniper

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Chinese Juniper is a juniper native to a broad area of eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Korea and Myanmar, growing across a wide range of elevations and habitats from lowland areas to mountain slopes. It is a highly variable species, occurring as an upright tree reaching over 20 meters or as a low, spreading shrub depending on the population and cultivated form, with foliage that changes from soft, needle like juvenile growth to scale like adult foliage as the plant matures. The species has been cultivated in East Asia for many centuries and is one of the most important junipers in ornamental horticulture and bonsai worldwide, with hundreds of named cultivars selected for form, foliage color and growth habit. Its wood has traditionally been used in China for incense, carving and construction.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Juniperus chinensis 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 6
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Cupressaceae, Taxa
Source Juniperus chinensis (Wikidata)
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Armenia

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Australia

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Brazil

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Croatia

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India

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Japan

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Manchuria

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Myanmar

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Norway

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South Asia

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Sweden

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Taiwan

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Turkey

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United States

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Sources
1. Juniperus chinensis (Wikipedia)
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Juniperus chinensis, the Chinese juniper, is a species of plant in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to China, Myanmar, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Juniperus chinensis
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile
Quote, system profile
"habitat": "terrestrial"
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3. Plants For A Future: Juniperus chinensis
Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses
Quote, Medicinal Uses
The stems are used in the treatment of parasitic skin problems and rheumatism.
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4. Juniperus chinensis (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q157697 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Cupressaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Chinese Juniper (Wikipedia)
infobox status=LCView the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Cupressaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12528
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12528
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Cupressaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Alerce, cipreses","language":"ES"},{"name":"Alerce, cypresses","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fleur du Saint-Esprit, cyprès","language":"FR"},{"name":"柏科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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