Lamiaceae
Salvia

Salvia occidentalis Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 14 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida to Caribbean, Mexico to W. South America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Central American Pacific Is., Cook Is., Hawaii, Jawa, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga, Tuamotu, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baker, R.E.D. in Williams, R.O. (1955). Labiatae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(6): 421-435. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Garcia Peña, M.R. (2007). Personal communication on Lamiaceae 1 MEXU, Mexico.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the flora of Niue. Bulletin, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 200: 1-321.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wilder, G. P. (1934). The flora of Makatea CNV. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 120: 1-49.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (2007). The Salvias (Lamiaceae) of Bolivia. Kew Bulletin 62: 177-222.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Sw, Nov. Gen. & Sp. Pl. 14 (1788).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baker, R.E.D. in Williams, R.O. (1955). Labiatae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(6): 421-435. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1975). Vascular plants of Aitutaki. Atoll Research Bulletin 190: 73-84.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the flora of Niue. Bulletin, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 200: 1-321.
  • Trusty, J.L., Kesler, H.C. & Delgado, G.H. (2006). Vascular flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57: 247-355.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wilder, G. P. (1934). The flora of Makatea CNV. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 120: 1-49.
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1959). Plants of Tonga. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 220: 1-283.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2014 Penaranda, J., et al. [1000] Bolivia K000938497 Yes
Dec 1, 2014 Portal, E., et al. [414] Bolivia K000938495 Yes
Dec 1, 2014 Parada, G.A. [2523] Bolivia K000938498 Yes
Dec 1, 2014 Penaranda, J., et al. [693] Bolivia K000938496 Yes
Dec 1, 2014 Aymard, G. [7347] Venezuela K000938520 No
Jan 1, 2010 Arroyo, L. [4038] Bolivia K000249245 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Ramos, J.E. [1968] Colombia K000249711 No
Apr 12, 2006 Cedeno, A. [51] Ecuador K000194371 No
Feb 1, 1984 Reisfield, S.; Solheim, S. [1105] Mexico K000265741 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Martínez S., E.M.; Tellez V., O. [116 bis] Mexico K001134569 Yes
Seymour, F.C. [965] Nicaragua K004935100 Yes
Martínez, S.,, M.E.; Lombera, R. [26095] Mexico K000265740 Yes
Neill, D. [2804] Nicaragua K004935098 Yes
Dar, S. [s.n.] El Salvador K004935105 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K004935116 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A. [5363] Nicaragua K004935089 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [472] Guatemala K004935117 Yes
Moreno, P. [5757] Nicaragua K004935087 Yes
Tate, R. [289] Nicaragua K004935099 Yes
Monro, A.; Sidwell, K.; Davidse, G. [2338] El Salvador K004935107 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A. [5285] Nicaragua K004935090 Yes
Calderon, G.M. [1268] Mexico K000265743 Yes
Beetle, A.A. [26268] El Salvador K004935109 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [11159] Mexico K000265747 Yes
Moreno, P.; Sandino, J.C. [6165] Nicaragua K004935086 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2939] Costa Rica K004935082 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13653] Costa Rica K004935081 Yes
Thieme, C. [s.n.] Honduras K004935114 Yes
Hammel, B. [19329] Costa Rica K004935079 Yes
Moreno, P. [6438] Nicaragua K004935097 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sidwell, K.; Monro, A.; Renderos, M.A.; Cortez, C. [37364] El Salvador K004935106 Yes
Haber, W.A.; Zuchowski, W. [10194] Costa Rica K004935077 Yes
Araquistain, M.; Moreno, P.; Sandino, J. [1642] Nicaragua K004935093 Yes
Aguilar, R. [3758] Costa Rica K004935084 Yes
Contreras, E. [6318] Guatemala K004935119 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A. [5516] Nicaragua K004935088 Yes
Tucker, J.M. [432] El Salvador K004935110 Yes
Galán, P.; Martinez, V.M. [3851] El Salvador K004935101 Yes
Araquistain, M.; Moreno, P.P. [1273] Nicaragua K004935094 Yes
Tucker, J.M. [435] El Salvador K004935111 Yes
Neill, D. [1354] Nicaragua K004935096 Yes
Araquistain, M.; Moreno, P.P. [1145] Nicaragua K004935095 Yes
Moreno, P. [6319] Nicaragua K004935085 Yes
James, J.L.; Reveal; Peterson, K.M.; Harley, R.M.; Broome, C.R. [4358] Mexico K000265746 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A.; Grijalva, A. [16322] Nicaragua K004935091 Yes
Mayo, S.J.; Madison, M.T. [367] Mexico K000265745 Yes
[Dr Sinclair] [s.n.] Honduras K004935113 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [11159] Mexico K000265748 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [364] Mexico K000265749 Yes
Chacón, I.A.; Herrera, G.; Gomez, H. [1794] Costa Rica K004935078 Yes
Cooper, J.J. [s.n.] Costa Rica K004935083 Yes
Sandoval; Chinchilla [60] El Salvador K004935103 Yes
Davidse, G.; Monro, A.; Sidwell, K.; Villacorta, R.M. [37505] El Salvador K004935108 Yes
Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A. [19116] Nicaragua K004935092 Yes
[Aerted] [33] Nicaragua K004935080 Yes
Rosales, J.M. [230] El Salvador K004935104 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K000265751 Yes
Williams, D.; Herrera, R.W. [353] El Salvador K004935102 Yes
Rendón, G.; Hernández, M.M. [5445] Honduras K004935112 Yes
{Gaumer, G.F.; & sons} [364] Mexico K000265750 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K004935115 Yes
Acotsa; Dorantes [604] Mexico K000265744 Yes
{H. von Tuerckheim} [s.n.] Guatemala K004935118 Yes
Mayo, A.K. [21] Mexico K:SPC-41963.000 No
Feb 9, 2007 Palmer, E [64] Mexico Salvia setosa K000247876 Isotype Yes

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