Phytologia (A ug 2004) 86(2) 47 



JUNIPERUS DELTOIDES, A NEW SPECIES, AND 



NOMENCLATURAL NOTES ON J. POLYCARPOS AND /. 



TURCOMANICA (CUPRESSACEAE) 



Robert P. Adams 



Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7388, 



U.S.A. 



ABSTRACT 



A new species from the Mediterranean, Juniperus deltoides R. 



P. Adams is recognized based on published data on DNA (RAPDS, 

 nrDNA) sequence, morphology and terpenoids. Juniperus turcomanica 

 is recognized as a variety of J. polycarpos, based on RAPD data, 

 terpenoids and morphology. 



KEY WORDS: Juniperus, Cupressaceae, nomenclature. 



Adams et al. (2003) examined the relationships among Juniperus 

 drupacea Labill., J. macrocarpa Sibth. & Sm., J. navicularis Grand., 

 J. oxycedrus L. (Greece and Spain), J. oxycedrus var. badia H. Gay 

 comparing nrDNA (ITS) sequences, Random Amplified Polymorphic 

 DNAs (RAPDs), Inter- Sequence Simple Repeats (ISSR) and terpenoids. 

 Although the purpose of that work was to evaluate different kinds of data, 

 we found that the two populations of J. oxycedrus (Greece, Spain) were 

 as different in the these four data sets as the other recognized species in 

 the study. Comparing the specimens of J. oxycedrus (Spain) with the 

 type for/, oxycedrus (LINN!) revealed that they are the same. Thus, the 

 plants from Greece are appropriately recognized as a new species: 



Juniperus deltoides R. P. Adams sp. nov. TYPE: GREECE. 14 km e. 



of Archova, 420 m, Lat. 38° 26.720' N; Long. 22° 41.678' E, 22 

 May 2001,/?. P. Adams 9436 (HOLOTYPE: BAYLU; ISOTYPES: 



K,NY) 



