''Juniperus angosturana'', or slender oneseed juniper,
is a species of
conifer
Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...
in the family
Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress family, with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27–30 genera (17 monotypic), which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130–140 species in total. They are monoecious, subdio ...
.
Distribution
The tree is
endemic to north-eastern Mexico.
[IUCN Red List: ''Juniperus angosturana'']
Conifer Specialist Group 1998 . accessed 8 May 2016. It is found in habitats of the
Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that f ...
range, within the states of
Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
,
Hidalgo,
Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
,
Queretaro,
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
, and
Tamaulipas.
[
Data are lacking to estimate rates of decline, both in the past and for the future, but a continuing decline is inferred from the situation that much of the population of ''Juniperus angosturana'' occurs on land that is increasingly under pressure from grazing livestock.][
]
See also
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References
External links
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species website
angosturana
Endemic flora of Mexico
Trees of Northeastern Mexico
Flora of Coahuila
Flora of Hidalgo (state)
Flora of Nuevo León
Flora of Querétaro
Flora of San Luis Potosí
Flora of Tamaulipas
Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental
Least concern plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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