Cicer arietinum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 738. 1753.

"Habitat inter Hispaniae, Italiae segetes." RCN: 5430.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Leguminosae 4: 1065. 1971): Herb. Clifford: 370, Cicer 1 α (BM-000646701) .

Generitype of Cicer Linnaeus.

Current name: Cicer arietinum L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).