Ornithopus

Ornithopus
Ornithopus perpusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Ornithopus
L. (1753)
Species

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Synonyms[1]

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]

Appearance of the fruits which gave the name to the genus

References

  1. ^ a b Ornithopus L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Ornithopus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 July 2015.


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