Genus Salvia L.


Summary
Genus number:
10674
Last updated:
24 January 2017
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
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Tribe:
Subtribe:
Common name(s):

sage
Accession count:

531 (311  active, 129  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
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References:
  1. Drew, B. T. et al. 2017. Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number . Taxon 66:133-145.
  2. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). Note: http://www.ishs.org/sci/icralist/3.htm
  3. Reales, A. et al. 2004. Numerical taxonomy study of Salvia sect. Salvia. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 145:353-371.
  4. Torke, B. M. 2000. A revision of Salvia sect. Ekmania (Lamiaceae). Brittonia 52:265-302.
  5. Walker, J. B. et al. 2004. Salvia (Lamiaceae) is not monophyletic: implications for the systematics, radiation, and ecological specializations of Salvia and tribe Mentheae. Amer. J. Bot. 91:1115-1125.
  6. Will, M. & R. Claßen-Bockhoff. 2017. Time to split Salvia s.l. (Lamiaceae) - New insights from Old World Salvia phylogeny. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 109:33-58.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10674. Accessed 11 May 2026.