Juniperus drupacea Labill.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Juniperus drupacea is a biogeographically interesting species, having its main distribution area in S Anatolia, W Syria and Lebanon, and appearing again in Peloponnisos after a disjunction of some 800 km. The only natural populations of the species in Europe are found in SE Peloponnisos; on Mts Parnon and Taigetos (Kit Tan & al. in Acta Bot. Fenn. 16: 133–135. 1999), Chionovouni (SE of Kremasti) and Madara (SE of Mt Parnonas), foothills of Mt Ktenias (road from Myli to Tripolis) and E, NE of Achladokambos (Mt Ktenias). Juniperus drupacea is fairly common on Mt Parnon, forming woodland together with Abies cephalonica. On account of its large, drupe-like cones it is sometimes referred to a monotypic genus, Arceuthos. The hemiparasite Arceuthobium oxycedri (Plate 16: 9), usually growing on Juniperus oxycedrus, has also been found on J. drupacea.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 334 [Plate 9.9]
