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
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.

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