Berberis cretica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. cretica
Binomial name
Berberis cretica L. (1753)
Synonyms[1]
Berberis cretica var. serratifolia Poir. ex DC. (1821) Berberis sinensis var. cretica (L.) Regel (1873) Berberis vulgaris var. cretica (L.) Hook.f. & Thomson (1872)

Berberis cretica is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family, Berberidaceae. It is a spiny shrub native to mainland Greece, Crete, the Aegean Islands, western and southwestern Turkey, and Cyprus.^[1]