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).