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.