Ornithopus pinnatus

Ornithopus pinnatus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Ornithopus pinnatus, the orange birdsfoot,[4] 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][5] In 1907, George Claridge Druce assigned it to the genus Ornithopus.[1][2]

It is native to Western Europe, the Mediterranean Region and Macaronesia but is found elsewhere as an introduced species.[6][3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ornithopus pinnatus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Druce, G.C. (1907). "Notes on the Flora of the Channel Islands". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 45: 420.
  3. ^ a b "Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ Philip Miller, The Gardeners Dictionary (8th ed.), OCLC 810387980, Wikidata Q7735861
  6. ^ "Ornithopus pinnatus" (PDF). Flora Iberica. Retrieved 26 June 2022.