Medicago sativa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 778. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Hispaniae, Galliae apricis." RCN: 5716.

Lectotype (Heyn in Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 7: 162. 1959): [icon] "Medica falcata sativa siliqua cornuta magis tortili flore violaceo" in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2: 158, s. 2, t. 16, f. 2. 1680.

Generitype of Medicago Linnaeus, nom. cons.

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