Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 610 650 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Lathyrus sylvestris Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 733. 1753 . "Habitat in Europae pratis montosis." RCN: 5401. Lectotype (Goyder in Jarvis in Taxon 41: 565. 1992): Herb. Linn. No. 905.19 ( LINN ) . Generitype of Lathyrus Linnaeus. Current name: Lathyrus sylvestris L. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ). Note: Lathyrus sylvestris , with the type designated by Goyder, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 565. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).