Juniperus communis

Also known as common juniper, juniper, ground juniper, mountain juniper

species of plant

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Species

Least Concern

common juniper

Juniperus communis

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassPinopsida
OrderPinales
FamilyCupressaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium

Observations80,755

Observations recorded800,547

欧刺柏（學名：Juniperus communis）是一種小灌木，是柏科刺柏属的植物。分布于欧洲、北非、北美以及中国大陆的南京、上海、青岛、杭州等地，目前已由人工引种栽培。和亞洲的檜樹親緣關係較近，屬於同一屬。本屬植物的松球和其他柏科植物不同，無翅並有著近似漿果的肉質，其味苦有清香。自古以來，歐洲人一直使用欧刺柏種子作為煮肉時的調味料，作為利尿的藥物使用，或在啤酒發酵的過程中添加刺柏種子作為苦味的來源。欧刺柏種子經常在文學作品中出現，中國的翻譯家不知道這種植物的名稱，因其類似於小松樹，故起名「杜松」，將其果實稱為「杜松子」。以杜松子為調味料所製造出的酒被翻譯成「杜松子酒」，是種在歐洲非常受歡迎的基礎烈酒。由於欧刺柏的荷語名稱為「Genever」，所以杜松子酒於英語常被簡稱為「Gin」，引進中國後被翻譯成金酒，所以目前出現兩種名稱：在文學作品和詞典中經常稱為「杜松子酒」；而在酒吧和調酒著作中則被稱為「金酒」或「琴酒」。

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Commons category: Juniperus communis
taxon name: Juniperus communis
Commons gallery: Juniperus communis
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20821
taxon common name: mountain juniper
short name: J. communis
Digital Atlas of Idaho URL: digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/plants/coniphyt/pinopsd/cupr/juco/cojufm.htm
PAEnflowered taxon URL: www.paenflowered.org/apgii/pinales/cupressaceae/juniperus/juniperus-communis
taxon author citation: L.

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Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae. An evergreen conifer, it has the largest geographical range of any woody plant, with a Holarctic distribution throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere.

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