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Juniperus macrocarpa Sm.

Cupressaceae · Baleares, Corse +16

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Juniperus macrocarpa, photograph pandemia on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsJuniperus macrocarpa, photograph pandemia on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsJuniperus macrocarpa, photograph pandemia on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsJuniperus macrocarpa, photograph pandemia on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsJuniperus macrocarpa, photograph Por los caminos de Málaga, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsJuniperus macrocarpa, photograph Por los caminos de Málaga, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12 photographs ›

Summary

Juniperus macrocarpa (large-fruited juniper, syn. J. oxycedrus subsp. macrocarpa (Sibth. & Sm.) Ball) is a species of juniper, native across the northern Mediterranean Region from southwestern Spain east to western Turkey and Cyprus, growing on coastal sand dunes from sea level up to 75 metres (246 feet) in altitude. A single, isolated tree is found further west, in a cliff in southern Portugal.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Juniperus macrocarpa", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeBaleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“tree” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: pandemia on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (4); Por los caminos de Málaga, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Juniperus 54 in the reference

Juniperus × ambigens Juniperus × ambigens Cupressaceae Photo: CC BY, Brandon CorderJuniperus angosturana Juniperus angosturana Oneseed juniper Photo: CC BY-SA, Juan Cruzado CortésJuniperus arizonica Juniperus arizonica Arizona Juniper Photo: CC BY, CK2AZJuniperus ashei Juniperus ashei Ashe juniper Photo: CC BY, RachelJuniperus barbadensis Juniperus barbadensis West Indies Juniper Photo: CC BY, J. L. Gómez-HechavarríaJuniperus bermudiana Juniperus bermudiana Bermuda cedar Photo: CC BY, Kevin FaccendaJuniperus brevifolia Juniperus brevifolia Azores Juniper Photo: CC BY, Michael, Antoni and Nihat HinczewskiJuniperus californica Juniperus californica California juniper Photo: CC BY, Henrik KibakJuniperus canariensis Juniperus canariensis Cupressaceae Photo: CC BY, Hendrik LuupJuniperus cedrus Juniperus cedrus Canary Islands juniper Photo: CC BY, Diego Rodríguez HernándezJuniperus chinensis Juniperus chinensis Chinese juniper Photo: CC BY, chiuluanJuniperus coahuilensis Juniperus coahuilensis Redberry juniper Photo: CC BY, Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez all 55 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Juniperus communis var. macrocarpa; Sabina phoenicea var. lobelii; Juniperus macrocarpa var. lobelii; Juniperus macrocarpa var. globosa; Juniperus umbilicata and 14 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Cupressaceae
Described by
Sm.
Native to
Baleares, Corse, France +15
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Juniperus macrocarpa Sm. (plant_name_id 377561), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 262270-1, POWO 262270-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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