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Juniperus communis L. var. depressa Pursh
CUPRESSACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 1 May 2008
Source of Report for California Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 3+ Vols. Oxford Univ. Press, New York and Oxford, as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments in no way mentioned in Munz, The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]; California well within range, native plant according to Kartesz & Meacham; possible addition, although infras not recognized in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Jim A. Bartel see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Juniperus communis L. var. depressa Pursh is to be treated as a name misapplied in California to plants belonging instead to Juniperus communis L. var. jackii Rehder.
Correspondence 2 7 Feb 2008 e-mail from Robert Adams (Author of Juniperus for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]) see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that, contrary to the treatment for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] that was submitted, finalized, and posted online, more recent research has indicated that there are three vars. of Juniperus communis to be recognized in CA: Juniperus communis L. var. depressa Pursh, Juniperus communis L. var. jackii Rehder, and Juniperus communis L. var. saxatilis Pall..
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary addition, for taxon to be recognized for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1, accepted name for taxon native to CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 1 May 2008
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Juniperus communis
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Juniperus

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