Salvia azurea

Salvia azurea

Salvia azurea

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. Calosphace
Sectio: S. sect. Farinaceae
Species: Salvia azurea

Name

Salvia azurea Michx. ex Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 253 (-254). 1804.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Salvia azurea Lam., J. Hist. Nat. 1: 409. 1792, nom. inval.
  • Salvia azurea subsp. typica Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 192. 1939, nom. inval.

• Heterotypic
  • Salvia acuminata Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 50. 1801, nom. illeg. non Ruiz & Pav. (1798).
  • Salvia acuminatissima Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 503. 1841.
  • Salvia angustifolia Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 15. 1803, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
  • Salvia azurea f. albiflora McGregor, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 60: 162. 1957.
  • Salvia azurea subsp. media Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 193. 1939.
  • Salvia azurea subsp. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) Epling, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 194. 1939.
  • Salvia azurea var. elata (Poir.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 19. 1813.
  • Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Benth. in DC., Prodr. 12: 302. 1848.
  • Salvia azurea var. longifolia Trel., Rep. (Annual) Arkansas Geol. Surv. 4: 212. 1888 publ. 1891.
  • Salvia azurea var. pitcheri (Torr. ex Benth.) E.Sheld., Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. 9: 76. 1894.
  • Salvia coriifolia Scheele, Linnaea 22: 587. 1849.
  • Salvia elata Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 6: 625. 1805.
  • Salvia elongata Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 231. 1827, nom. illeg. non Salisb. (1796).
  • Salvia mexicana Walter, Fl. Carol.: 65. 1788, nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Salvia pitcheri Torr. ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 251. 1833.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Noerthern America Regional: Southern USA Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. ex Vahl, 1804. Enum. Pl. (Vahl) 1: 253

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. 
• Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Salvia azurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Salvia azurea. 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 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Salvia azurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Salvia azurea. Published online. Accessed: May 08 2022.

Vernacular names

English: azure blue sage, New Mexico sage, pitcher sage

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