Trifolium ornithopodioides L., 1753

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

"Habitat in Anglia, Gallia." RCN: 5643.

Lectotype (Zohary & Heller, Genus Trifolium : 68. 1984): Herb. Clifford: 376, Medicago 2 (BM-000646769) .

Current name: Trifolium ornithopodioides L. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled " M. ornithopodioides " [ “M.” for “Melilotus”] in the protologue. Later corrected to T. ornithopodioides in Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1176 (1759). As is established custom, the “Melilotus” is to be ignored (see Art. 23.8 and Ex. 19).