Cupressaceae
Juniperus

Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl.

First published in Syn. Conif.: 26 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Zimbabwe, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Adams, R.P. (2008). Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus ed. 2: 1-402. Trafford publishing Co., Vancouver.
  • Adams, R.P., Al-Farsi, A. & Schwarzbach, A.E. (2014). Confirmation of the southern-most population of Juniperus seravschanica in Oman by DNA sequencing of nrDNA and four cpDNA regions. Phytologia 96: 218-224.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Adams, R.P. (2008). Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus ed. 2: 1-402. Trafford publishing Co., Vancouver.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 3 (1936).
  • Cuf., Enum. Pl. Aeth.: 1 (1953).
  • Endl., Synops. Conif. : 26 (1847).
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C : 93 (1895).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 177 (1949).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika : 102 (1938).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa, 6 (2) : 336 (1917).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2 : 101, fig. 24, photo. 14, (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2010 Katende, A.B. [1930] Uganda K000554188 No
Dec 1, 2001 Wesche, K. [2025] Kenya K000075183 No
Dec 1, 2001 Robson, N.K.B. [448] Malawi K000089975 No
Dec 1, 2001 Snowden, J.D. [930] Uganda K000089963 No
Dec 1, 1999 Fagg, C.W.; Styles, B.T. [58] Somalia K000089868 No
Dec 1, 1999 Meyerhoff, E. [44M] Kenya K000089957 No
Dec 1, 1999 Chuwa, S. [2735] Tanzania K000089956 No
Dec 1, 1999 Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [6066] Somalia K000089869 No
Nov 1, 1999 Ash, J.W. [435] Ethiopia K000089875 No
Mar 1, 1999 Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6055] Kenya K000089967 No
Jan 1, 1999 Katende, A.B.; Lye, K. [412] Uganda K000089958 No
Jan 1, 1999 Glover, P.E.; Gwynne, ? [2493] Kenya K000089955 No
Jan 1, 1999 Greenway, P.J. [7731] Tanzania K000089973 No
Jan 1, 1999 Geesteranus, Maas,, R.A. [5953] Kenya K000049902 No
Jan 1, 1999 Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, ? [13254] Tanzania K000089969 No
Jan 1, 1999 Lugard, E.J.; Lugard, C. [408a] Kenya K000089965 No
Jan 1, 1999 Aronson, J.; Ikar, M.A. [29] Somalia K000089898 No
Jan 1, 1999 Gillett, J.B. [4580] Somalia K000089896 No
Jan 1, 1999 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2687] Tanzania K000089970 No
Jan 1, 1999 Hemming, C.F. [1905] Somalia K000089897 No
Jan 1, 1999 Eggeling, W.J. [2916] Uganda K000089961 No
Jan 1, 1999 Lugard, E.J.; Lugard, C. [408] Kenya K000089964 No
Jan 1, 1999 Bogdan, A. [3233] Kenya K000089966 No
Jan 1, 1999 Bally, P.R.O. [2219] Tanzania K000075184 No
Jan 1, 1999 Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1199] Kenya K000089953 No
Jan 1, 1999 Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [6976] Kenya K000089946 No
Jan 1, 1999 Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6413] Somalia K000089895 No
Jan 1, 1999 Chase, N.C. [7608B] Zimbabwe K000049901 No
Jan 1, 1999 Pawek, J. [11816] Malawi K000049898 No
Jan 1, 1999 Wood, J.R.I. [S71/66] Somalia K000089900 No
Jan 1, 1999 Phillips, L. [K235] Somalia K000089893 No
Jan 1, 1999 Chase, N.C. [8322] Zimbabwe K000089977 No
Jan 1, 1999 Greenway, P.J. [5997] Kenya K000089968 No
Jan 1, 1999 Friis, I.; Hansen, O.J. [2526] Kenya K000089948 No
Jan 1, 1999 Pearce, F.B. [s.n.] Malawi K000049900 No
Jan 1, 1999 Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9077] Kenya K000089947 No
Jan 1, 1999 Friis, I.; Nigatu, L.,, Michelsen, A. [6183] Ethiopia K000089885 No
Jan 1, 1999 Newbould, J.G.B. [975] Somalia K000089894 No
Jan 1, 1999 Glover, P.E.; Samuel, ? [3340] Kenya K000089949 No
Jan 1, 1999 Greenway, P.J. [9059] Tanzania K000089972 No
Jan 1, 1999 Gillett, J.B. [13905] Ethiopia K000089878 No
Jan 1, 1999 Lavranos, J. [6717] Somalia K000089899 No
Jan 1, 1999 Eggeling, W.J. [2476] Uganda K000089962 No
Jan 1, 1999 van Zinderen Bakker, E.M. [963] Kenya K000075182 No
Jan 1, 1999 Burger, W. [1412] Ethiopia K000089891 No
Jan 1, 1999 White, F. [2586] Malawi K000089976 No
Jan 1, 1999 Abebe, Z. [548] Ethiopia K000089890 No
Jan 1, 1999 Osmaston, H.A. [4440] Kenya K000089959 No
Jan 1, 1999 Brass, L.J. [17159] Malawi K000049899 No
Jan 1, 1999 Gutetta, M. [1014] Ethiopia K000089889 No
Jan 1, 1999 Burger, W. [1453] Ethiopia K000089887 No
Jan 1, 1999 Chapman, J.D. [6306] Malawi K000089974 No
Jan 1, 1999 Bally, P.R.O. [5533] Kenya K000089952 No
Jan 1, 1999 Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15992] Somalia K000089892 No
Jan 1, 1999 Chase, N.C. [8374] Zimbabwe K000089978 No
Jan 1, 1999 Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8230] Kenya K000089951 No
Dec 1, 1998 Collenette, S. [333] Saudi Arabia K000089494 No
Dec 1, 1998 Symoens, J.-J. [4550] K000089867 No
Dec 1, 1998 Jackson, J.K. [1303] Sudan K000089870 No
Dec 1, 1998 Meyer, F.G. [9098] Eritrea K000089873 No
Dec 1, 1998 Meyer, F.G. [7610] Ethiopia K000089888 No
Dec 1, 1998 Kennedy-Cooke, B. [259] Sudan K000089872 No
Dec 1, 1998 Vollesen, K.; Mesfin, T. [4328] Ethiopia K000089884 No
Dec 1, 1998 Collenette, S. [259] Saudi Arabia K000089493 No
Dec 1, 1998 Boulos, L.; Ads, A.S. [14264] Saudi Arabia K000089496 No
Dec 1, 1998 Schimper [537] Ethiopia K000076221 Isolectotype Yes
Dec 1, 1998 Schimper [537] Ethiopia K000089883 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1998 Collenette, S. [361] Saudi Arabia K000089499 No
Dec 1, 1998 Amshoff, G.J.H. [8050] Ethiopia K000089886 No
Dec 1, 1998 Collenette, S. [74-113] Saudi Arabia K000089492 No
Dec 1, 1998 Mooney, H.F. [5102] Ethiopia K000089879 No
Dec 1, 1998 Steudner, G. [1335] Ethiopia K000089876 No
Dec 1, 1998 Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G. [24] Ethiopia K000089881 No
Dec 1, 1998 Boulos, L.; Ads, A.S. [13939] Saudi Arabia K000089495 No
Dec 1, 1998 Myers, J.G. [11008] Sudan K000089871 No
Dec 1, 1998 Bally, P.R.O. [3041] Ethiopia K000089877 No
Dec 1, 1998 Collenette, S. [238] Saudi Arabia K000089497 No
Dec 1, 1998 Lisowski, S. [106] K000089866 No
Dec 1, 1998 Gillett, J.B. [5109] Ethiopia K000089882 No
Dec 1, 1998 Perdue, R.E. [6293] Ethiopia K000089880 No
Dec 1, 1998 Trott, A.C. [1230] Saudi Arabia K000089498 No
Dec 1, 1998 Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1210] Eritrea K000089874 No
Sep 1, 1998 Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [329] Yemen K000089501 No
Sep 1, 1998 Collenette, I.S. [7245] Saudi Arabia K000089500 No
Sep 1, 1998 Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [138] Yemen K000089502 No
Dec 1, 1996 Grimshaw, J.M. [93564] Tanzania K000089971 No
Oct 1, 1996 Bytebier, B. [188] Kenya K000089954 No
Aug 1, 1995 Styles, B.T. [292] Uganda K000089960 No
Jun 1, 1989 Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [4930] Kenya K000089950 No
Apr 1, 1989 Wils, H. [7462] Zimbabwe K000089979 No

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images