Ornithopus

Ornithopus
	Ornithopus perpusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Loteae
Genus:	Ornithopus; L. (1753)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Ornithopodium Mill. (1754)

Ornithopus, the bird's-foot,^[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes six species and one natural hybrid native to Europe, Macaronesia, the eastern Mediterranean, northwest Africa, and Iran, and from southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina in South America.^[1]

Ornithopus × bardiei Jeanj.
Ornithopus compressus L. — yellow serradella
Ornithopus micranthus (Benth.) Arechav.
Ornithopus perpusillus L. — little white bird's foot
Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce — orange bird's foot
Ornithopus sativus Brot. — serradella, common bird's foot
Ornithopus uncinatus Maire & Sam.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Ornithopus L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ornithopus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

External links[edit]

USDA: Ornithopus in North America

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[powo-1] Ornithopus L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ornithopus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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