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).