Trigonella corniculata (L.) L., 1759

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 878-905 : 897

Trifolium corniculatum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 766. 1753.

"Habitat in Gargano, Apuliae." RCN: 5707.

Basionym of: Trigonella corniculata (L.) L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Greuter in Greuter & Rechinger in Boissiera 13: 78. 1967): Herb. Linn. No. 932.8 ( LINN) .

Current name: Trigonella corniculata (L.) L. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled " M. corniculata " [ “M.” for “Melilotus”] in the protologue. Later cited as " Trifolium corniculatum " in synonymy of Trigonella corniculata , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1180 (1759). As is established custom, the “Melilotus” is to be ignored (see Art. 23.8 and Ex. 19).