Medicago sativa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 778. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Jarvis, Charlie
L. subsp. sativa
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Fabaceae
Medicago
Plantae
Fabales
Tracheophyta
subSpecies
sativa
sativa
Medicago sativaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 778. 1753, typ. cons.
"Habitat in Hispaniae, Galliae apricis." RCN: 5716.
Lectotype(Heyn in Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot.7: 162. 1959): [icon] "Medica falcata sativa siliqua cornuta magis tortili flore violaceo"in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2: 158, s. 2, t. 16, f. 2. 1680.
Generitypeof MedicagoLinnaeus, nom. cons.