Typification of the Mediterranean endemic conifer Juniperus turbinata (Cupressaceae)

The genus Juniperus Linnaeus (1753: 1038) (Cupressaceae Gray, nom. cons. ) is a major component of arid and semi-arid tree/shrub ecosystems throughout the Northern Hemisphere (Thorne 1972, Adams 2004, 2008, 2014, Farjon 2005). The genus is monophyletic (Adams 2004, 2008, 2014, Little 2006, Mao et al . 2010), and three monophyletic sections are currently recognized: J . sect. Caryocedrus Endlicher (1847: 2) , with one species in the Mediterranean; J . sect. Juniperus, with nine species in East Asia and the Mediterranean plus the circumboreal J. communis Linnaeus (1753: 1040); and J. sect. Sabina Spach (1841: 291), with 56 species distributed in southwestern North America, Asia and the Mediterranean region, with outliers in Africa and the Canary Islands.