Ornithopus
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Ornithopus is a genus of flowering plant
s in the family Fabaceae
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
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- Ornithopus compressus—yellow serradella
- Ornithopus micranthus
- Ornithopus perpusillusOrnithopus perpusillusOrnithopus perpusillus or Bird’s-foot is a plant species of the genus Ornithopus....
—little white bird's foot - Ornithopus pinnatus—orange bird's foot
- Ornithopus sativus—serradella, common bird's foot