Melilotus italicus (L.) Lam.

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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scientific name	Melilotus italicus (L.) Lam.
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Trifolium italicum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 765. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia." RCN: 5641.

Lectotype (Jafri in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 86: 220. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 930.6 ( LINN) .

Current name: Melilotus italicus (L.) Lam. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled " M. italica " [ “M.” for “Melilotus”] in the protologue. Later corrected to T. italicum 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).