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Taxon:  Ornithopus sativus Brot.



Summary
Genus:
Ornithopus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
26023
Place of publication:
Fl. lusit. 2:160. 1805
Verified:
07/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
238 (203  active, 187  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Ornithopus sativus Brot. nothosubsp. macrorrhynchus (Willk.) Talavera et al. (1 active accession[s])
Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. isthmocarpus (Coss.) Dostal (136 active accession[s])
Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Ornithopus sativus Brot. subsp. sativus var. sativus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ornithopus roseus Dufour
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  3. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  4. Alsina Aser, M. 1987. Nuevas combinaciones en Ornithipus sativus (Leguminosae). Taxon 36:645.
  5. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  6. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  7. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  8. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941
  11. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  12. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  13. Jordanov, D. et al., eds. Flora na narodna republika Balgarija. 1963-1982
  14. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  15. Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
  16. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  17. Pinto da Silva, A. R. 1989. Ornithipus sativus Brotero (Leguminosae) - proposta de novo neotipo. Taxon 38:293-295.
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  19. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
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Common names
English
French serradella –
pink-flower serradella –
serradella –
French
pied d'oiseau –
serradelle –
German
Serradella –
Italian
serradella –
Portuguese
serradela –
serradella –
Swedish
serradella –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Environmentalsoil improver Graham, E. H. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
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=26023. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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