Salvia africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Salvia
Subgenus: Salvia subg. Salvia
Sectio: S. sect. Hymenosphace
Species: Salvia africana

Name

Salvia africana L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 38. (1762)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Salvia africana-caerulea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 26 (1753), expanded from Linnaeus' Salvia afr.caerulea (Sp. Pl. 1: 26, 1753) is contrary to Melbourne Code (ICNafp, 2012) Art. 23.6(c): Salvia africana caerulea is a generic name followed by two adjectival words in the nominative case and therefore is not a validly published name (see alsp IPNI, 2017)
Heterotypic
- Salvia acetabulosa L., Mant. Pl. 1: 25 (1767)
- Salvia integerrima Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 12 (1768)
- Salvia lanuginosa Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 1 (1768)
- Salvia barbata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 72 (1791)
- Salvia rotundifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 74 (1796)
- Salvia colorata Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 230 (1804)
- Salvia molucellae Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 216 (1833)
- Crolocos colorata (Vahl) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 93 (1837)
- Megyathus acetabulosum (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 93 (1837)
- Salvia undulata Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 275 (1848)
- Salvia subspathulata Lehm., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 6: 457 (1850)
- Salvia tauricola Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 608 (1879)
- Arischrada molucellae (Benth.) Pobed., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 247 (1972)
- Stiefia molucellae (Benth.) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 152: 22 (1983)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces Introduced into: Canary Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species Plantarum, ed. 2, Tomus I: 38. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1–400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Salvia africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 07. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Salvia africana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 07. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Salvia africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Salvia africana. Published online. Accessed: May 07 2022.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Salvia africana. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2015 Sept 16. links to a synonym

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Salvia africana-caerulea
English: African sage, Blue sage, Purple sage, Wild sage
español: Salvia africana-caerulea
فارسی: مریم‌گلی آفریقایی
עברית: מרווה אפריקאית
Nederlands: Salvia africana-caerulea
Tiếng Việt: Salvia africana-caerulea

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