Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus var. rigidula Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 780. 1753. RCN: 5720. Lectotype (Heyn in Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 7: 168. 1959): [icon] "Medica hirsuta echinis rigidioribus" in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 2: 385. 1651. Current name: Medicago rigidula (L.) All. (Fabaceae: Faboideae).Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on pages 660-661, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.29197