刺柏 Juniperus formosana

  • Scientific Name: Juniperus formosana Hayata
  • Ref: J. Bot. (Morot) 25(19):209. 1908
  • Synonym: Juniperus chekiangensis Nakai
  • English Common Name: Formosan juniper, Taiwan juniper
  • Chinese Common Name: 刺柏 cìbǎi, 山刺柏 shān∙cìbǎi, 台桧 Tái guì, 台湾柏 Táiwān bǎi
  • Japanese Common Name: タイワンビャクシン [台湾柏槙] taiwanbyakushin
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Genus: Juniperus
  • Distribution: Forests; 200-3400 m. S Anhui, W Fujian, E Gansu, Guizhou, W Hubei, S Hunan, S Jiangsu, Jiangxi, NE Qinghai, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, S Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  • Photo: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Shrubs or trees to 15 m tall; bark brown; crown usually pyramidal or cylindric; branches spreading or ascending; branchlets pendulous, 3-angled. Leaves in whorls of 3, linear-lanceolate or linear-needlelike, 1.2-2 cm × 1.2-2 mm, slightly concave adaxially, with 2 white, broad stomatal bands separated by a narrow, green midvein, green and obtusely keeled abaxially, base jointed, not decurrent, apex sharply pointed. Pollen cones axillary, globose or ellipsoid, 4-6 mm; microsporophylls 9-12, in whorls of 3, each with 4 or more pollen sacs. Seed cones axillary, light reddish brown when ripe, glaucous or not, subglobose or broadly ovoid, 6-9 × 6-8 mm, with 6 fused scales in 2 alternating whorls, often 3-seeded, with a single seed on each scale of apical whorl. Seeds ovoid-triangular, 4-5 × 3-3.5 mm, 3- or 4-ridged, base with 3 or 4 resin pits, apex pointed. (Flora of China)

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