Ononis mitissima Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 717. 1753.

"Habitat in Barbados, Lusitania." RCN: 5269.

Lectotype (Devesa in Mem. Soc. Brot. 28: 21. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 896.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Ononis mitissima L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Devesa’s type choice pre-dates that made independently by Förther (in Taxon 46: 477. 1997).