Juniperus barbadensis barbadensis L. (1753:1039)
Barbados cedar, Pencil cedar
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Juniperus virginiana humilis Lodd. ex Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 46 (1867); Juniperus virginiana var. barbadensis (L.) Gordon (1858); Sabina barbadensis (L.) Small (1903)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1921 or later (Gardner et al., 2013)
Rediscovered in October 1985 (Adams et al., 1987)
Distribution
Barbados (extinct) & Petit Piton, St. Lucia (extant)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Linnaeus, Carolus. (1753). Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... 2: 1039.
Other references:
Adams, Robert P. (1989). Biogeography and evolution of the junipers of the West Indes, pp. 167-190. In: Woods, C. A. (ed.). Biogeography of the West Indes. Gainsville, Florida: Sand Hill Crane Press.
Adams, Robert P. (1995). Revisionary study of Caribbean species of Juniperus (Cupressaceae). Phytologia 78(2): 134-150.
Adams, Robert P. (2011). Junipers of the World: The genus Juniperus. Trafford Publishing Co., Bloomington, Indiana.
Adams, Robert P. (2014). Junipers of the World: The Genus Juniperus. Fourth edition. Bloomington, Indiana: Trafford Publishing.
Adams, Robert P., Jarvis, C. E., Slane, V. and Zanoni, T. A. (1987). Typification of Juniperus barbadensis L. and J. bermudiana L. and Rediscovery of J. barbadensis from St. Lucia, BWI (Cupressaceae). Taxon 36(2): 441-445. https://doi.org/10.2307/1221446
Adams, Robert P., Morris, J. A., and Schwarzbach, A. E. (2008). The evolution of Caribbean Juniperus (Cupressaceae): terpenoids, RAPDs and DNA SNPs data. Phytologia 90:103-120.
Farjon, A. (2010). A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden.
Gardner, M., Smith, M. and Graveson, R. (2013). Juniperus barbadensis var. barbadensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T44164A2992304. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T44164A2992304.en. Accessed on 16 October 2023.
Graveson, R. (2009). The Classification of the Vegetation of Saint Lucia. Technical Report No. 3 to the National Forest Demarcation and Bio-Physical Resource Inventory Project. FCG International Ltd, Helsinki, Finland.
R.Graveson, M.Smith and M.F.Gardner, 2019, Juniperus barbadensis var. barbadensis, from the website: ‘Threatened Conifers of The World’ (https://threatenedconifers.rbge.org.uk/conifers/juniperus-barbadensis-var.-barbadensis). Downloaded on 17 October 2023.
Morton, M. N. (2009). Management of Critical Species on Saint Lucia: Species Profiles and Management Recommendations. Technical Report No. 13 to the National Forest Demarcation and Bio-Physical Resource Inventory Project. FCG International Ltd, Helsinki, Finland.
Zanoni, T.A. (1999) Regional Action Plan: Caribbean Conifers: current status. In: Farjon, A. and Page, C.N. (Editors), Conifers. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ix + 121 pp.