Crithopsis

Crithopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Crithopsis
Jaub. & Spach
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

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

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

  1. 1 2 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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