Juniperites

juniperites Translingual thumb|The leaves and berries of a common juniper (Juniperus communis species) in Estonia. The common juniper is the type species of juniper, which is thought to be related to extinct plants of the Juniperites genus. Alternative forms mul juniperites rare Etymology mul la-lat Juniperītēs, from la jūniperus (alternative form of la iūniperus juniper-tree) + la -ītēs -ite, suffix meaning ‘one belonging to’. Pronunciation English: en /ˌd͡ʒuːnɪpəˈɹaɪtiːs/ RP en /ˌd͡ʒunɪpəˈɹaɪtis/ GA en Ju ni per i tes Proper noun †1 m mul obsolete genus class Coniferae extinct fossil plants resembling the juniper en mul w:Adam Sedgwick; Roderick Impey Murchison w:Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart XVIII.—A Sketch of the Structure of the Eastern Alps; with Sections through the Newer Formations on the Northern Flanks of the Chain, and through the Tertiary Deposits of Styria, &c. &c. [...] With Supplementary Observations, Sections, and a Map Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd Series London Printed by Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. Sold at the apartments of the Geological Society, Somerset House 1835 III 373 https://books.google.com/books?id=vNSNnYS2gdAC&pg=PA373 65182841 After an examination of all the specimens, I am still in doubt as to the greater number of them; for, either from their being too incomplete, or from not having made a sufficient number of comparisons, I am unable to arrive at very precise results. They appear to me to belong to eleven species. / 1. Juniperites subulata. The form and the insertion of the leaves appear to me to indicate a Juniperus, allied to, though distinct from, that found in the lignite formations of Bohemia, which I have named in my "Prodromus" Juniperites acutifolia. I possess specimens from the freshwater formation of Armissau near Narbonne, apparently of the same species. en mul John Craig Juniperites A New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Art, Science, and Literature London Published (for the proprietors,) by Henry George Collins, 22 Paternoster Row 1849 II (Jac–Zyt) 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=FYpHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA15 3119134 Juniperites, ju-ne-per-i′tis, s[ubstantive]. A genus of fossil plants, in which the branches are ranged irregularly; leaves short, obtuse, inserted by a broad base, opposite, decussate, and arranged in four rows. on en mul G. F. Richardson; Thomas Wright Fossil Botany An Introduction to Geology, and Its Associate Sciences, Mineralogy, Fossil Biology, and Palæontology new, rev. and considerably enl. London H[enry] G[eorge] Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden 1851 171 https://books.google.com/books?id=d6VH-JAZg74C&pg=PA171 948023952 When the leaves and small and densely imbricated, they are generally considered to belong either to lycopodiaceæ or coniferæ; but there is so little to distinguish these families in a fossil state, that there is scarcely any means of demonstrating to which of these such genera as lycopodites, lycopodendron, juniperites, taxites, &c., and the like, actually belong. en mul David Page General Terms and Technicalities Handbook of Geological Terms and Geology Edinburgh; London William Blackwood and Sons 1859 219 https://books.google.com/books?id=ychDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA219 9124487 Juniperítes (Lat. juniperus, the juniper tree).—The generic term for such fossil coniferæ as are evidently allied to the juniper. Several species occur in tertiary lignites, and are known by their short, obtuse, broad-based leaves, arranged in four opposite rows round irregularly-forking branches. on en mul w:John Hutton Balfour Reign of Angiosperms Outlines of Botany: Designed for Schools and Colleges 2nd Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge 1862 669 https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq9WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA669 The Eocene epoch in general is characterized by the predominance of Algæ and marine Naiadaceæ, such as Caulinites and Zosterites; by numerous Coniferæ, the greater part resembling existing genera among the Cupressineæ, and appearing in the form of Juniperites, Thuites, Cupressites, Callitrites, Frenelites, and Solenostrobus; en mul Henry N[athaniel] Andrews, Jr. Generic Index of Fossil Plants Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820–1965: Based on the Compendium Index of Paleobotany of the U.S. Geological Survey Geological Survey Bulletin 1300 Washington, D.C. United States Government Printing Office 1970 110 https://books.google.com/books?id=rWBjAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA110 770588386 JUNIPERITES Adolphe[-Théodore] Brongniart, 1828. Juniperites alienus (Sternberg) Adolphe Brongniart, 1828b, p. 108. Usage notes The word juniperite, defined in The Century Dictionary (1889–1891) as “[a] petrified trunk or fossil impression belonging to the genus Juniperus genus or Juniperites”,juniperite William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language New York, N.Y. The Century Co. 1889–1891 III, part IX (Ihleite–Juno) 3254 https://archive.org/stream/centurydictipt1100whituoft#page/3254/mode/1up/ 810818109 juniperite (jö′ni-pėr-īt), n. [< N[ew] L[atin] Juniperites] A petrified trunk or fossil impression belonging to the genus Juniperus or Juniperites. which is itself cited by the Oxford English Dictionary, does not appear to be attested in English. Hypernyms genus ; Pinaceae family family Hyponyms genus Juniperites alienus species (syn. Thuites alienus species) sole accepted species Related terms Juniperus genus References 273519