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{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Other uses}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Juniperus osteosperma 1.jpg | image_upright = | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Juniperus osteosperma|Utah juniper]] (''Juniperus osteosperma'') in [[Nevada, United States]] | taxon = Juniperus | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | type_species = ''[[Juniperus communis]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 72; [[#Species|see text]]. | synonyms = * ''Arceuthos'' <small>Antoine & Kotschy</small> * ''Oxycedrus'' <small>Carrière</small> * ''Sabina'' <small>Miller</small> * ''Sabinella'' <small>Nakai</small> * ''Thujiaecarpus'' <small>von Trautvetter</small> }} '''Junipers''' are [[conifer]]ous trees and shrubs in the [[genus]] '''''Juniperus''''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|uː|ˈ|n|ɪ|p|ər|ə|s}} {{respell|joo|NIP|ər|əs}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book'', 1995: 606–607</ref> of the cypress family [[Cupressaceae]]. Depending on the [[taxonomy]], between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely [[species distribution|distributed]] throughout the [[Northern Hemisphere]] as far south as tropical [[Africa]], including the [[Arctic]], parts of Asia, and [[Central America]].{{not in body|date=August 2024}} The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of {{Convert|4900|m}} in southeastern [[Tibet]] and the northern [[Himalayas]], creating one of the highest [[tree line]]s on earth.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hampe|first1=Hampe|last2=Petit|first2=Re´my J.|title=Cryptic forest refugia on the 'Roof of the World'|journal=New Phytologist|date=2010|issue=1|pages=5–7|doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03112.x|pmid=20088971|volume=185|bibcode=2010NewPh.185....5H |hdl=10261/64089|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
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