Ornithopus pinnatus

Ornithopus pinnatus, the orange birdsfoot,[3] is a plant in the Fabaceae family.[1] It was first described as Scorpiurus pinnata in 1768 by Philip Miller in The Gardeners Dictionary.[1][4] In 1907, George Claridge Druce assigned it to the genus Ornithopus.[1][2]

Ornithopus pinnatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Ornithopus
Species:
O. pinnatus
Binomial name
Ornithopus pinnatus

It has a world-wide distribution.[5][3]

References

  1. "Ornithopus pinnatus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Druce, G.C. (1907). "Notes on the Flora of the Channel Islands". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 45: 420.
  3. "Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Philip Miller (1731), The Gardeners Dictionary (8th ed.), doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.79061, OCLC 810387980, Wikidata Q7735861


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