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The genus Ornithopus is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ornithopus

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Ornithopus albus Bergeret	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus × bardiei Jeanj.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus bardiei Jeanjean	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ornithopus brevirostris Pau	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus celtibericus Sennen & Elias	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus compositus Pau	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus compressus L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Ornithopus × compressus Pau	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus coronatus (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus creticus (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus glaber Gand.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus glaucus (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus heterophyllus Brot.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus hormolotus Oliver, in Johnston	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ornithopus intermedius Salzm. ex Baker	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus intermedius Roth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus junceus (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus laevigatus Sm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus littoralis Gand.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus lotoides Viv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus macrorrhynchus Klink. & O. Schwarz	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ornithopus martini Giraudias ex J.Lloyd	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus micranthus (Benth.) Arechav.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Ornithopus microphyllus Gand.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus minimus (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus minor Tornab.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus monocarpus Sennen & Elias	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus nodosus Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus nudiflorus Lag.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus perpusillus L.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Ornithopus pygmaeus Viv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus quadriphyllus Houtt.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus sativus Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14	2
Ornithopus subumbellatus Gilib.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus trifoliatus Lam.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus uncinatus Maire & Sam.	Accepted		ILDIS	2010-07-14
Ornithopus valentinus (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Ornithopus varius (L.) Hornem.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 53 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ornithopus. Of these 6 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 5 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ornithopus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 53 species names for the genus Ornithopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	6	11.3%
◕	Synonym	14	26.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	33	62.3%

All names

The status of the 58 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ornithopus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	7	12.1%
◕	Synonym	17	29.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	34	58.6%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 53 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ornithopus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	6	11	0	0	17	32.1%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	3.8%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	33	34	64.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Ornithopus is as follows: