Salvia hispanica

Salvia hispanica

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: S. subg. Calosphace
Sectio: S. sect. Potiles
Species: Salvia hispanica

Name

Salvia hispanica L., Sp. Pl.: 25 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Kiosmina hispanica (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 92 (1837).
  • Salvia neohispanica Briq., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 137 (1898), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Salvia tetragona Moench, Methodus: 373 (1794).
  • Salvia prysmatica Cav., Descr. Pl.: 14 (1801).
  • Salvia chia Colla, Herb. Pedem. 4: 397 (1835).
  • Salvia chia Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic.: 9 (1893), nom. illeg.
  • Salvia schiedeana Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 19 (1896).
  • Salvia hispanica var. chionocalyx Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 43: 63 (1907).
  • Salvia hispanica var. intonsa Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 43: 63 (1907).

Homonyms

• Salvia hispanica Garsault = Salvia officinalis subsp. officinalis.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 25. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nelson Sutherland, C.H. 2008. Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas. xxix + 1576 pp. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SERNA/Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-44-80-5 Reference page. 
• García-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) 2012. Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies). Ed. 2. 351 pp. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 978-607-02-2434-8. Reference page. 
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Salvia hispanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 January 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Salvia hispanica. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Chia
English: chia sage, Spanish sage
eesti: Õlisalvei

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