Berberis cretica L. is a plant in the Berberidaceae family, order Ranunculales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Berberis cretica L.

Berberis cretica L.

Berberis cretica L. is a spiny flowering shrub in the barberry family native to parts of Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.

Family
Genus
Berberis
Order
Ranunculales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Berberis cretica L.

Berberis cretica L. is a species of flowering plant belonging to the barberry family, Berberidaceae. It is a spiny shrub, native to mainland Greece, Crete, the Aegean Islands, western and southwestern Turkey, and Cyprus.

Photo: (c) Stefan Neuwirth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stefan Neuwirth · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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