Juniperus drupacea, the Syrian juniper, is a species of juniper native to the eastern Mediterranean region from southern Greece (mount Parnon in the Peloponnese), southern Turkey, western Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel, growing on rocky sites from 800–1,700 metres

Section Caryocedrus includes only one dioecious taxon, J. drupacea native to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria26. Section Juniperus includes 14 species, with 12 species distributed in Eastern...

Juniperus drupacea, also known as the Syrian juniper, is a dioecious evergreen gymnosperm found primarily in two distribution centers: one in the southern Peloponnese in Europe and the other in the mountains along the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia.

In general, all three phylogenies agree in designating seven principal clades within Juniperus, defined as follows, and numbered according to their sequence of divergence. Section Caryocedrus; J. drupacea, the only species, differentiated about 20 million years ago.