Lathyrus setifolius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 731. 1753.

"Habitat Monspelii." RCN: 5391.

Lectotype (Lassen in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 474. 1997): Herb. Linn. No. 303.13 (S) .

Current name: Lathyrus setifolius L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Jafri (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 86: 281. 1980) and Meikle (Fl. Cyprus 1: 576. 1977) both indicated material from Allioni, Herb. Linn. No. 905.9 (LINN) as the lectotype. However, the material was not received by Linnaeus until 1757 and cannot be original material for the name.