Salvia occidentalis

Taxonavigation

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

Salvia occidentalis Sw., 1788

Homotypic
- Horminum occidentale (Sw.) M.Gómez, Fl. Habanera: 393 (1897).
Heterotypic
- Salvia procumbens Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 27 (1798).
- Salvia radicans Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 621 (1805).
- Hyptis glandulosa Sieber ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 244 (1833), pro syn.
- Salvia occidentalis var. garberi Chapm., Bot. Gaz. 3: 11 (1878).
- Salvia privoides var. garberi (Chapm.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 2: 638 (1883).
- Salvia viscosa Sessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 8 (1887), nom. illeg.
- Salvia occidentalis f. bicolor Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 530 (1891).
- Salvia occidentalis f. violacea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 530 (1891).
- Salvia martinicensis Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic.: 10 (1893).
- Salvia lateriflora Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 35: 494 (1900).
- Salvia setosa Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 35: 493 (1900).
- Salvia pseudoprivoides Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 18 (1938).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Nicaragua, Panamá, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Central American Pac, Cook Is., Hawaii, Jawa, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Niue, Society Is., Tonga, Tuamotu

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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.
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Salvia occidentalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Salvia occidentalis. 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 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Salvia occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Salvia occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: May 14 2022.

English: West Indian sage
español: Gonce de gallina, Hierba de cangro, Trencilla negra, Moradilla, Mozote de gallina, Mozotillo.

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