''Cedrus libani'' pertama kali diklasifikasikan oleh ahli botani PerancisPrancis [[Achille Richard]]. Sejumlah ahli botani juga mengklasifikasikan "Aras Siprus" (''Cyprus Cedar''; ''Cedrus brevifolia'')<ref>GRIN Taxonomy for Plants [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2217 ''Cedrus''].</ref> dan "Aras Atlas" (''Atlas Cedar''; ''Cedrus atlantica'')<ref>Güner, A., Özhatay, N., Ekim, T., & Başer, K. H. C. (ed.). 2000. ''Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands'' 11 (Supplement 2): 5–6. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1409-5</ref><ref>Eckenwalder, J. E. (2009). ''Conifers of the World: The Complete Reference''. Timber Press ISBN 0-88192-974-3.</ref> sebagai subspesies dari ''C. libani''. Namun, mayoritas sumber pustaka modern<ref name=farjon/><ref>Gymnosperm database [http://www.conifers.org/pi/ce/index.htm ''Cedrus''].</ref><ref>NCBI Taxonomy Browser [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=3321&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock ''Cedrus''].</ref><ref>Flora of China [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105979 vol. 4]</ref><ref>Qiao, C.-Y., Jin-Hua Ran, Yan Li and Xiao-Quan Wang (2007): Phylogeny and Biogeography of ''Cedrus'' (Pinaceae) Inferred from Sequences of Seven Paternal Chloroplast and Maternal Mitochondrial DNA Regions. ''Annals of Botany'' '''100(3)''':573-580. Available [http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/100/3/573 online]</ref><ref name=farjon1>Farjon, A. (2008). ''A Natural History of Conifers''. Timber Press ISBN 0-88192-869-0.</ref><ref>Christou, K. A. (1991). The genetic and taxonomic status of Cyprus Cedar, ''Cedrus brevifolia'' (Hook.) Henry. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece.</ref> menganggap keduanya spesies tersendiri.
