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Taxon:  Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce



Summary
Genus:
Ornithopus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
26022
Place of publication:
J. Bot. 45:420. 1907
Verified:
07/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
162 (154  active, 134  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Scorpiurus pinnatus Mill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ornithopus ebracteatus Brot.
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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Clos, D. 1896. Caractères extérieurs et modes de répartition des petits tubercules ou tuberculoïdes des légumineuses. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 123:407-410.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Eriksson, O. et al. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
  5. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  6. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004
  7. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  8. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  9. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  10. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  11. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  12. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  13. Silva, L. et al. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). 2005
  14. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  16. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
orange bird's-foot –
slender serradella –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited KingdomEngland 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom [England]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26022. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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