Vicia sativa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 736. 1753.

"Habitat inter Europae segetes hodie." RCN: 5415.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 42. 1920): Herb. Linn. No. 906.20 (LINN) .

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

Current name: Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Sheet 906.20 is the only one in LINN associated with this name so Fawcett & Rendle’s type statement is accepted as the earliest.