Salvia azurea
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. 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:
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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 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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