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Taxon

Juniperus rigida Siebold & Zucc.

Protologue Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2: 109; Fl. Jap. (Siebold) t. 125 (1844).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Juniperus rigida--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private garden. 27 Jun 03 019.jpg

Juniperus rigida--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private garden. 27 Jun 03 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Juniperus rigida--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private garden. 27 Jun 03 017.jpg

Juniperus rigida--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private garden. 27 Jun 03 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Juniperus rigida--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private garden. 27 Jun 03 018.jpg

Juniperus rigida--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private garden. 27 Jun 03 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cupressaceae

Genus

Juniperus

Species

rigida

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2003

Location

United States, Connecticut (Dr. Nickou's private garden)

Location Remarks

Branford

Collectors

No collectors specified

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#868 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 2 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →