Salvia leucantha

Taxonavigation edit

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: S. subg. Calosphace
Sectio: S. sect. Albolanatae
Species: Salvia leucantha

Name edit

Salvia leucantha Cav., Icon. 1: 16 (1791).

Synonyms edit

Heterotypic
- Salvia bicolor Sessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp. 8 (1887), nom. illeg.
- Salvia discolor Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic. 7 (1892), nom. illeg.
- Salvia leucantha f. iobaphes Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 36: 501 (1901).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Panamá.

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Bolivia, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madeira, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, West Himalaya.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Cavanilles, A.J. 1791. Icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur. Vol. I. iv + 67 pp., tab. 1–100. Ex Regia Typographia, Matriti [Madrid]. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. :

Additional references edit

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.
Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Salvia leucantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Salvia leucantha. Published online. Accessed: January 27 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Salvia leucantha. Accessed: 27 January 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Salvia leucantha. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 27. Reference page.

Vernacular names edit

Deutsch: Strauchiger Salbei
English: Mexican bush sage
español: salvia cruz, salvia rabo de gato, cola de borrego
עברית: מרווה צחורה
日本語: サルビア・レウカンサ、アメジストセージ、メキシカンブッシュセージ
中文: 墨西哥鼠尾草

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