Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa, 1763

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part V), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 911-926 : 922

Vicia sativa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 736. 1753.

"Habitat inter Europae segetes hodie." RCN: 5415.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 42. 1920): Herb. Linn. No. 906.20 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Vicia Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 175. 1929).

Current name: Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Sheet 906.20 is the only one in LINN associated with this name so Fawcett & Rendle’s type statement is accepted as the earliest.