Coronilla minima Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 28. 1756.

"Habitat in Italia, Gallia australi." RCN: 5468.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XIX: 125 (UPS); Herb. Linn. No. 917.7? (LINN); Löfling 531b, Herb. Linn. No. 917.8 (LINN); [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 2: 351. 1651.

Current name: Coronilla minima L. subsp. minima ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Although this name is in use, none of the original material appears to correspond with current usage. As noted by Turland & Jarvis (in Taxon 46: 467. 1997), Gérard 50, Herb. Linn. No. 308.16 (S) is identifiable as C. minima but was annotated as C. coronata by Linnaeus (and is in any case a post-1753 addition to the herbarium and not original material for C. minima). A conservation proposal may prove to be necessary.