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Koch. var. seravschanica (Kom.) Kitamua and J. turcomanica as valid 

 infraspecific taxa. Re-examination of the morphology of J. polycarpos 

 and J. turcomanica suggests to the author that it would be prudent to 

 recognize J. turcomanica as a variety of J. polycarpos. 



Juniper us polycarpos K. Koch var. turcomanica (B. Fedtsch.) R. P. 

 Adams, comb. nov. 



BASIONYM: Juniperus turcomanica B. Fedtsch. in Fedtschenko & 

 al., Fl. Turkmenii 1: 14. 1932. TYPE: lost or destroyed (Imkhaniskaya, 

 1990). (LECTOTYPE: D. P. Gedevanov & D. A. Dranitsyn 148, 3 v 

 1912, Turkmenia, Kopet Dag, Dschalilu, (chosen by Imkhaniskaya 

 [1990] LE!) 



Distribution: Elburz and Kopet Mts. of Iran and Turkmenistan. 



The following key may be used to distinguish the recognized 

 varieties of J. polycarpos: 



1. Foliage slender, 0.7- 0.8 mm in cross section 

 (on ultimate branchlets), seed cones 7-9(-10) mm long; 

 scale leaves tightly appressed, giving a smooth 

 branchlet, (l-)2-3(-4) seeds/cone var. turcomanica 



1. Foliage stout, 0.9-1.0 mm in cross section 

 (on ultimate branchlets), seed cones 9-11 mm long or 

 more; scale leaves with a beak or keel so branchlet 

 appears as a string of beads, 3-6 seeds/cone 



2. Seed cones 9-11 mm long, at least some scale leaves 

 with very narrow, elongated, brown glands, 

 not ruptured var. polycarpos 



2. Seed cones 8-10 mm long, scale leaves with clear, 

 ellipsoid glands, often ruptured, with a clear 

 exudates var. seravschanica 



