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236.0000 Family Fabaceae Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 22: ad t. 1845 (1836), nom. cons., nom. alt.
728 genera, ca. 22.300 spp. Phylogeny and new subfamily system: Azani et al. (LPWG) (2017)
Species listed in database: 22586; hybrids: 150
= Acaciaceae E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 1: 164 (1836)
= Aspalathaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 51 (1820)
= Astragalaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Bauhiniaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 67 (1820)
= Caesalpiniaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 551 (1814), nom. cons.
= Cassiaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 270, 291 (1818)
= Ciceraceae Steele; Handb. Field Bot. [Steele] xx, 63 (1847)
= Coronillaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 162 (1820)
= Cytisaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Dalbergiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Daleaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Detariaceae (DC.) J.Hess; Uebers. Phan. Nat. Pfl.-Fam. 46 (1832)
= Galedupaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 277 (1820)
= Geoffroeaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Hedysaraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Inocarpaceae Zoll.; Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. [Zollinger] 2: 117 (1854-1855)
= Lathyraceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 660, 1092, 1138 (1835)
= Leguminosae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 345 (1789), nom. cons.
= Lotaceae Oken; Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr. 2(2.2): xv, 727 (1826)
= Mimosaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 551 (1814), nom. cons.
= Papilionaceae Giseke; Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 415 (1792), nom. cons., nom. alt.
= Phaseolaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 34 (1835)
= Robiniaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 270, 291 (1818)
= Sophoraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 229 (1820)
= Swartziaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 231, 413 (1830)
= Tamarindaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 622 (1820)
= Trifoliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 230 (1820)
= Viciaceae Oken; Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr. 2(2.2): xv (1826)
236.8815 Genus Ornithopus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 743 (1753)
Distribution: Macaronesia, Europe, Mediterranean, Northern Caucasus, Iran, ? temp. South America (1)
Species listed in database: 6; hybrids: 1
= Astrolobium DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 311 (1825)
= Hormolotus Oliv.; Kilima-Njaro Exped. [H.H.Johnston] (1886) 337 et 339, nomen
= Ornithopodium Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
species :
Ornithopus compressus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 744 (1753)
Name: Flachhülsiger Vogelfuß, Gelbe Serradella (DE); Yellow Serradella; Yellow Bird´s-foot (EN)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Malta; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece (widespread incl. most islands); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Faial); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Dodecanese, Kos, Nisyros, Tilos, Simi, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Israel (coastal W-Israel, N-Israel); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Queensland [I]); USA [I] (Oregon [I]); Chile [I] (Biobío [I])
11 ger 12 BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PTL SIC SRB 20 ALG MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY MDR 33 GEO NCS 34 CYP EAI ISR LEB TUR 50 aus 73 usa 85 cle
Synonyms: hidden
= Coronilla compressa (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Deutschl. Fl. [Sturm], ed. 2, 9: 86 (1901)
= Ornithopodium compressum (L.) All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 336 (1785)
= Ornithopodium egoceraton Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 565 (1900)
= Ornithopus brevirostris Pau; Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 19(3): 103 (1921)
= Ornithopus celtibericus Sennen & Elías; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1923: no. 4982 (1923)
= Ornithopus compositus Pau; Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 316 (1924), nomen
= Ornithopus compressus f. brevicornis H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 88 (1932)
= Ornithopus compressus f. longicornis H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 88 (1932)
= Ornithopus compressus var. leiocarpus Pérez Lara; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21: 196 (1892)
= Ornithopus compressus var. leiocarpus Willk.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 231 (1893)
= Ornithopus martini Giraudias; Bull. Soc. Bot. Rochelaise 5: 21 (1882 publ. 1883)
species :
Ornithopus micranthus (Benth.) Arechav.; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 343 (1901)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha, San Jose, Tacuarembó, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Artrolobium micranthum Benth.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 15(1): 51 (1870)
= Ornithopodium micranthum (Benth.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 200 (1891)
species :
Ornithopus perpusillus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 743 (1753)
Name: Kleiner Vogelfuß (DE), Little white bird´s-foot (EN)
Distribution: England (England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria [I]; Poland; Czech Republic; Portugal; Spain; Baleares [I]; France; Channel Isl. (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Croatia; Romania; C-European Russia [I]; Ukraine [I]; Algeria; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife); Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; Mongolia [I]; India [c]; New Zealand [I]; USA [I] (Pennsylvania [I]); Costa Rica [I]
10 DEN GRB IRE 11 aut BGM CZE GER LUX NET POL SWI 12 bal CIS COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 CRO ITA ROM 14 rus ukr 20 ALG 21 AZO CNY MDR 33 geo 37 mon 40 ind 51 nzl 75 usa 80 cos
Remarks: perpusillus agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Coronilla perpusilla (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Deutschl. Fl. [Sturm], ed. 2, 9: 87 (1901)
= Hedysarum moniliforme Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 168 (1768)
= Hippocrepis comosa Lucé; Topogr. Nachr. Oesel 248 (1823), nom. illeg.
= Ornithopodium missus Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 566 (1899)
= Ornithopodium perpusillum (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 199 (1891), isonym
= Ornithopodium perpusillum (L.) Medik.; Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 369 (1787)
= Ornithopodium roseum Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 565 (1900)
= Ornithopus albus Bergeret; Phytonom. Univ. 2: 189 (1786)
= Ornithopus glaber Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 1: 45 (1875)
= Ornithopus intermedius Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 819 (1788)
= Ornithopus nodosus Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)
= Ornithopus perpusillus f. branquinhoi P.Silva; Agron. Lusit. 18: 33 (1956)
= Ornithopus perpusillus f. intermedius (Roth) Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 478 (1914)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. elongatus Lamotte; Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 1: 227 (1877)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. glaber Corb.; Nouv. Fl. Normandie 169 (1894)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. major Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 319 (1788), nom. inval., et 214 (1793)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. minimus Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 310 (1899)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. minor Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 319 (1788), nom. inval., et 214 (1793)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. nodosus (Mill.) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 618 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Ornithopus pusillus Lepech.; Reise Versch. Prov. Russ. Reich. 3: 198 (1783)
= Ornithopus subumbellatus Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 108 (1782), opus utique oppr.
species :
Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce; J. Bot. 45: 420 (1907)
Name: Orange bird´s-foot (EN), Nackter Vogelfuß (DE)
Distribution: England (Isles of Scilly); Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; France; Channel Isl. (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Croatia; ?Montenegro; Greece (rare coastal mainland, scattered Kiklades, Kithira, Kerkyra, Ionian Isl., Samothraki, Limnos); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Tenerife, La Palma); East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Leros, Kos, Nisyros, Rhodos); Turkey (W-Anatolia); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Israel (coastal W-Israel, N-Israel); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I]); New Zealand [I]; USA [I] (California [I]); Chile [I] (Biobío [I])
10 GRB 11 ger 12 CIS COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 CRO GRC ITA KRI PTL SIC 20 ALG MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY MDR 34 EAI ISR LEB TUR 50 aus 51 nzl 76 usa 85 cle
Synonyms: hidden
= Arthrolobium pinnatum (Mill.) Rendle & Britten; List Brit. Seed-Pl. Ferns 10 (1907)
= Artrolobium ebracteatum (Brot.) Desv.; J. Bot. [Desvaux] 1: 171, t. 4 (1813)
= Artrolobium pinnatum (Mill.) Rendle & Britten; List Brit. Seed-Pl. Ferns 10 (1907)
= Astrolobium ebracteatum (Brot.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 311 (1825)
= Coronilla ebracteata (Brot.) E.H.L.Krause; Deutschl. Fl. [Sturm], ed. 2, 9: 87 (1901)
= Ornithopodium bracteolatum Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 565 (1900)
= Ornithopodium ebracteatum (Brot.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 200 (1891)
= Ornithopus durus DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 603 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Ornithopus ebracteatus Brot.; Fl. Lusit. 2: 159 (1804)
= Ornithopus exstipulatus Thore; Essai Chloris 311 (1803)
= Ornithopus exstipulatus var. pygmaeus (Viv.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 308 (1899)
= Ornithopus laevigatus Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 25: no. 6 (1813)
= Ornithopus littoralis Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 1: 45 (1875)
= Ornithopus microphyllus Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 1: 45 (1875)
= Ornithopus nudiflorus Lag.; Varied. Ci. 2(4): 40 (1805)
= Ornithopus pygmaeus Viv.; Fl. Ital. Fragm. 13 (1808)
= Scorpiurus pinnatus Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 5 (1768)
species :
Ornithopus sativus Brot.; Fl. Lusit. 2: 160 (1804)
subspecies :
subsp. sativus
Name: Echte Serradella (DE), Common bird´s-foot (EN)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Poland [I]; Czech Republic [I]; Hungary [I]; Portugal; Spain; France; Estonia [c]; C-European Russia [I]; Ukraine [I]; Morocco; Algeria; Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I], Sao Jorge [I], Pico [I], Faial [I], Flores Isl. [I], Corvo Isl. [I]); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); South Africa [I]; Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; Turkey [I] (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia [I]); Iran [I] (N-Iran [I]); Taiwan [I]; Jawa [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); New Zealand [I]; USA [I] (Massachusetts [I], New York [I]); Chile [I] (Biobío [I])
11 cze ger hun pol 12 FRA POR SPA 14 est rus ukr 20 ALG MOR 21 azo mdr 27 saf 33 geo 34 irn tur 38 tai 42 jaw 50 aus 51 nzl 75 usa 85 cle
Remarks: perpusillus agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Coronilla serradella E.H.L.Krause; Deutschl. Fl. [Sturm], ed. 2, 9: 86 (1901)
= Ornithopodium sativum (Brot.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 199 (1891)
= Ornithopus monocarpus Sennen & Elías; Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 26: 115 (1927 publ. 1928)
= Ornithopus perpusillus subsp. roseus (Dufour) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 311 (1899)
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. grandiflorus Loisel.; Fl. Gall. [Loiseleur], ed. 2, 164 (1828)
= Ornithopus roseus Dufour; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 82 (1825)
= Ornithopus roseus f. albiflorus Merino; Fl. Galicia [Merino] 1: 214 (1905)
= Ornithopus sativus subsp. roseus (Dufour) Alsina; Taxon 36(3): 645 (1987)
= Ornithopus sativus subsp. roseus (Dufour) Dostál; Kvĕtena Česke Socialist. Republ., ed. 2: 788 (1948)
= Ornithopus sativus var. roseus (Dufour) Pérez Lara; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21: 197 (1892)
subspecies :
subsp. macrorrhynchus (Willk.) Talavera, Arista & P.L.Ortiz; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 57(1): 227 (1999) [nothosubsp.]
Distribution: Spain; etc.
12 SPA
Remarks: O. sativus ssp. sativus x O. sativus ssp. isthmocarpus
Synonyms: hidden
= Ornithopus perpusillus var. intermedius DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 312 (1825)
= Ornithopus roseus var. macrorrhynchus Willk.; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 3: 261 (1877)
= Ornithopus sativus subvar. macrorrhynchus (Willk.) Pérez Lara; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21: 197 (1892)
= Ornithopus sativus var. macrorrhynchus (Willk.) Alsina; Taxon 36: 646 (1987)
= Ornithopus ×macrorrhynchus (Willk.) Klink. & O.Schwarz; Züchter 10: 50 (1938)
subspecies :
subsp. isthmocarpus (Coss.) Dostál; Kvĕtena Česke Socialist. Republ., ed. 2: 788 (1948)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Morocco; Algeria; USA [I] (California [I])
12 POR SPA 20 ALG MOR 76 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Ornithopodium isthmocarpum (Coss.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 200 (1891)
= Ornithopus isthmocarpus Coss.; Notes Pl. Crit. 1(2): 36 (1849)
= Ornithopus isthmocarpus var. africanus Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 415 (1938)
= Ornithopus isthmocarpus var. hebecarpus (H.Lindb.) Maire; Cat. Pl. Maroc [Jahandiez et al.] 3: 895 (1934)
= Ornithopus isthmocarpus var. leiocarpus (H.Lindb.) Maire; Cat. Pl. Maroc [Jahandiez et al.] 3: 895 (1934)
= Ornithopus sativus f. hebecarpus H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 88 (1932)
= Ornithopus sativus f. leiocarpus H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 88 (1932)
= Ornithopus sativus f. liocarpus H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 88 (1932)
= Ornithopus sativus subvar. monarthrus Pérez Lara; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21: 197 (1892)
= Ornithopus sativus var. isthmocarpus P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 575 (1936)
species :
Ornithopus uncinatus Maire & Sam.; Ark. Bot. 29A(11): 22 (1939)
Distribution: Morocco
20 MOR
species :
Ornithopus ×bardiei Jeanj.; Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 80: 104 (1928)
Distribution: Spain; France; etc.
12 FRA SPA
Remarks: O. perpusillus x O. sativus
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