Salvia mellifera

Salvia mellifera

Salvia mellifera

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. Audibertia
Species: Salvia mellifera

Name

Salvia mellifera Greene, Pittonia 2: 236 (1892).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Audibertia stachyoides Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 313 (1833).
• Homotypic
  • Audibertiella stachyoides (Benth.) Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 73 (1894).
  • Ramona stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 287 (1896).
  • Salvia mellifera var. typica Munz, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 26: 23 (1927), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Audibertia spinulosa Nutt. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 359 (1848), nom. inval.
  • Salvia mellifera var. jonesii Munz, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 26: 24 (1927).
  • Salvia mellifera var. revoluta Munz, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 26: 23 (1927).
  • Salvia mellifera subsp. jonesii (Munz) Abrams, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 641 (1951).
  • Salvia mellifera subsp. revoluta (Munz) Abrams, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 3: 641 (1951).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Greene, E.L. 1892. Pittonia; a Series of Papers Relating to Botany and Botanists 2: 236

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Salvia mellifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Salvia mellifera. 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 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Salvia mellifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Salvia mellifera. Published online. Accessed: May 13 2022.

Vernacular names

English: black sage
español: salvia negra

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