Ornithopus

Ornithopus, the bird's-foot,[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

Ornithopus
Ornithopus perpusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Tribe: Loteae
Genus: Ornithopus
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Species

See text.

Selected species:

  • Ornithopus compressus—yellow serradella
  • Ornithopus micranthus
  • Ornithopus perpusillus—little white bird's foot
  • Ornithopus pinnatus—orange bird's foot
  • Ornithopus sativus—serradella, common bird's foot

References

  1. "Ornithopus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 July 2015.


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