Juniperus phoenicea, Linnaeus (1753:, 1040

Romo, Angel, Mazur, Małgorzata, Salvà-Catarineu, Montserrat & Boratyński, Adam, 2019, A re-evaluated taxon: Genetic values and morphological characters support the recognition of the Canary Island juniper of the phoenicea group at a specific level, Phytotaxa 406 (1), pp. 64-70 : 66

Key to the taxa recognized inside the J. phoenicea aggregate.

1. Male inflorescence ripening at end of winter and early spring, seed cone ±globose or rarely somewhat ellipsoidal, to 10 mm long ........................................................................................................................................................................................ J. phoenicea

- Male inflorescence ripening in autumn, seed cone ellipsoidal (turbinate), long ± 10 mm or more....................................................2

2. Seed cones with more than 3 seeds, branchlet bark reddish.............................................................................................. J. turbinata

- Seed cones with 3 or less seeds, branchlet bark brown................................................................................................. J. canariensis