Crithopsis is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Mediterranean and nearby areas.[2][3]

Crithopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Triticodae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Crithopsis
Jaub. & Spach
Species:
C. delileana
Binomial name
Crithopsis delileana
(Schult.) Roshev.
Synonyms[1]
  • Elymus delileanus Schult.
  • Elymus aegyptiacus Spreng.
  • Hordeum delileanum (Schult.) Hack.
  • Elymus subulatus Forssk.
  • Elymus geniculatus Delile, illegitimate homonym
  • Crithopsis rhachitricha Jaub. & Spach
  • Elymus rhachitrichus Hochst. ex Jaub. & Spach
  • Crithopsis brachytricha Walp., alternate spelling
  • Elymus brachytrichus Walp.
  • Hordeum geniculatum Thell., illegitimate homonym
  • Agropyron cretense Coustur. & Gand.
  • Eremopyrum cretense (Coustur. & Gand.) Nevski
Species

The only known species is Crithopsis delileana, native to Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Crete, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Iran.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Jaubert, Hippolyte François & Spach, Édouard. 1851. Illustrationes Plantarum Orientalium 4: page 30 plate 321.
  3. ^ The International Plant Names Index
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