Juniperus communis var. kelleyi, a new variety from North America
Adams RP. 2013. Juniperus communis var. kelleyi, a new variety from North America. Phytologia. 95(3):215-221
Recent molecular analysis of Juniperus communis, world-wide (Adams and Schwarzbach, 2012), has shown that taxa referred to as J. c. var. saxatilis in the eastern hemisphere and in North America are not the same taxon, but are found in two distinct clades. The name is correctly applied to the taxon in the eastern hemisphere, but the taxon referred to as var. saxitilis in North America is given a new name: Juniperus communis var. kelleyi R.P. Adams var. nov. in honor of a former student, Walter A. Kelley. Leaf terpene data is presented for J. c. var. kelleyi and other J. communis varieties as well as J. jackii. The leaf oil of var. kelleyi is dominated by a-pinene (56.5 %), d-3-carene (11.5%) and b-pinene (5.4%) and is very similar to the oil of J.c. var. depressa.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Adams, Robert
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- DNA, Juniperus communis var. kelleyi var. nov., leaf terpenes, Nomenclature