Trigonella foenum-graecum Linnaeus var. sylvestris Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1180. 1759.

RCN: 5710.

Lectotype (Lassen in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 482. 1997): Herb. Linn. No. 932.17 (LINN) .

Current name: Trigonella gladiata M. Bieb. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).