Melilotus infestus Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr.

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Melilotus infestus Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 2: 486(–487). 1832. [10 January–August 1832]

≡ Trigonella infesta (Guss.) Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 666. 2013. [4 November 2013]

Ind. Loc.:—“Boccadifalco presso Palermo” [after typification]. SIC

Type (lectotype designated by Sales & Hedge 1993: 172):— ITALY. Boccadifalco presso Palermo , May, Gussone s.n. ( NAP) .

Note:—According to Art. 23.5 of the ICN, the spelling of the specific epithet originally published as “ infesta ” is to be corrected in “ infestus ”.

Compiled by:— A. Santangelo