Orobus sylvaticus Linnaeus, Flora Anglica: 21. 1754.

["Habitat in Anglia, Gallia."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1029 (1763). RCN: 5381.

Lectotype (Lassen in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 478. 1997): [icon] " Orobus sylvaticus nostras" in Chomel in Mém . Acad. Roy. Sci. Paris 1706: 87, t. 8. 1706.

Current name: Vicia orobus DC. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).