Ervum tetraspermum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 738. 1753.

"Habitat inter Europae segetes." RCN: 5425.

Lectotype (Ali in Bot. Not. 120: 51. 1967): Magnol, Herb. Linn. No. 907.3 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ervum Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 175. 1929).

Current name: Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Jarvis & al. (Regnum Veg. 127: 46. 1993) wrongly listed E. hirsutum as the generitype, in error for E. tetraspermum .