Medicago polymorpha L., 1989

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 660

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Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus var. nigra Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera : 454. 1771.

RCN: 5720.

Lectotype (Lassen inTurland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 475. 1997): [icon] “Medica cochleata minor polycarpos annua capsula nigra hispidiore ” in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2: 154, s. 2, t. 15, f. 13. 1680. – Epitype (Lassen in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 475. 1997): France. Var, dans les champs argilo-calcaires à Solliès-Toucas, 10 Jun 1892, A. Albert s.n. [Magnier Fl. Sci. Exsicc. 2961] (LD).

Current name: Medicago polymorpha L. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: The lectotype is Morison’s f. 13, not f. 19 as cited by Linnaeus or f. 18 as given by Morison (cf. Heyn (in Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 7: 168, 173. 1959).