Ervum lens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 738. 1753.

"Habitat inter Galliae segetes." RCN: 5424.

Lectotype (Westphal, Pulses Ethiopia, Taxon. Agric. Signif.: 109, 112. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 907.1, left specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Lens culinaris Medik. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).