Juniperus canariensis

Juniperus canariensis is a woody plant in the family Cupressaceae native to the Canary Islands and Madeira, off the coast of Northwestern Africa.^[1][2]

Juniperus canariensis
Old specimen at El Sabinar, El Hierro, Canary Islands (Spain)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	Juniperus
Section:	Juniperus sect. Sabina
Species:	J. canariensis
Binomial name
Juniperus canariensis Guyot & Mathou[1]
Synonyms[1]
Juniperus phoenicea subsp. canariensis (Guyot & Mathou) D.Pav., Véla & Médail Juniperus turbinata subsp. canariensis (Guyot & Mathou) Rivas Mart., Wildpret & P.Pérez

The species was previously treated as part of Juniperus phoenicea, which is now regarded as restricted to Spain and France, and later, as J. phoenicea was split into J. phoenicea and J. turbinata, as part of J. turbinata, which is found throughout the Mediterranean and in the Arabian Peninsula.^[3]

Studies published in 2017 and 2018 on the genetic^[4][5] and morphological^[6] differences found within the J. phoenicea species complex showed that the Macaronesian population merited a status equivalent to that of J. phoenicea (sensu stricto) and J. turbinata.^[3]