Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juniperus virginiana L. [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana

Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (Small) A.E.Murray

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bei mei yuan bai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blyerts-en	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bois de cèdre, virginie	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cedar	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
cedarwood, virginia	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
cèdre rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
eastern red cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eastern red-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
genévrier de virginie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ginepro della virginia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
juniperus virginiana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
oil of cedarwood, virginian	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
pencil cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pencil-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
potloodseder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
red cedar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
red-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rooiseder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
savin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
virginia juniper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
virginia red cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
virginian pencil cedar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virginischer wacholder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yeonpilhyangnamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
wood	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Juniperus foetida var. virginiana (L.) Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 16: 298 (1841).
Sabina virginiana (L.) Antoine Cupress.-Gatt.: 61 (1857).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juniperus virginiana	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Juniperus virginiana L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

Juniperus virginiana

Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)

Juniperus virginiana L.

Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
ISO Catalogue (2009)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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