Lamiaceae
Salvia

Salvia nilotica Juss. ex Jacq.

First published in Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 48 (1777)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

India

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in F.T.A. 5: 458 (1900).
  • Bentham, Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 303 (1833).
  • Jacq., Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 48, t.92 (1776).
  • Polhill in F.T.E.A., Lamiaceae: 110 (2009).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V.P.: 160, 317 (1957)
  • Benth., Lab. Gen. Sp.: 303 (1833)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 409, t. 627 (1987)
  • DC., Prodr. 12: 350 (1848)
  • Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 368 (1892), pro parte
  • F.P.N.A. 2: 160 (1947)
  • F.T.A. 5: 458 (1900)
  • Fl. Eth. 5: 559 (2006).
  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 346, fig. 112.1 (1985)
  • Hort. Vindob. 3: 48, t.92 (1776)
  • Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 33: 62, fig. 16 (1974)
  • P.O.A. C: 344 (1895)
  • Seegeler, Oil Plants of Ethiopia: 243–248 (1983)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 288, t. 126 (1994)
  • W.F.K.: 108 (1948)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 14, 2006 Kisalye, N. [412] Uganda K000194739 Yes
Aug 14, 2006 Sheil, D. [357] Uganda K000194742 Yes
Bridson, D. [154] Rwanda K:SPC-41718.000 No
Ash [1658] Ethiopia K:SPC-35595.000 No
Bridson, D. [153] Rwanda K:SPC-41716.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0