Melilotus creticus (L.) Desr.

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

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Trifolium creticum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 765. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 5642.

Lectotype (Greuter in Greuter & Rechinger in Boissiera 13: 76. 1967): Herb. Linn. No. 930.7 ( LINN) .

Current name: Melilotus creticus (L.) Desr. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

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