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Salvia

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Also known as sage, sage genus, sages

Salvia () is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with just under 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. One of several genera commonly referred to as sage, it includes two widely used herbs, Salvia officinalis (common sage, or just "sage") and Salvia rosmarinus (rosemary, formerly Rosmarinus officinalis).

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Salvia is a genus within the family Lamiaceae. It belongs to the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and is currently accepted.

Records for this genus are held by institutions including FCN-UAQ, IBUNAM, UACH, ECOSUR, and CAS. These records originate from Mexico and the United States. The taxon has been observed 58,368 times on iNaturalist, where it is associated with the common name Rosemary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Rosemary

Salvia

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas
Observations58,368
Observations recorded1,485,038

General: Salvia is pollinated by both insects and birds and has one Use: Culinary sage is Salvia officinalis L., a native

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9,801
With media
5,373
Family
Lamiaceae
Collections
FCN-UAQ, IBUNAM, UACH, ECOSUR, CAS
Recorded in
Mexico, United States
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Research

11,167 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Description
  • Staminal lever mechanism
  • Taxonomy
  • History
  • Subdivision
  • Phylogenetic analyses
  • Selected species and their uses
  • Ecology
  • Herbivory
  • Hybrids
  • AGM cultivars
  • References
  • Bibliography

Salvia () is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with just under 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. One of several genera commonly referred to as sage, it includes two widely used herbs, Salvia officinalis (common sage, or just "sage") and Salvia rosmarinus (rosemary, formerly Rosmarinus officinalis).

The genus is distributed throughout the Old World and the Americas (over 900 total species), with three distinct regions of diversity: Central America and South America (approximately 600 species); Central Asia and the Mediterranean (250 species); Eastern Asia (90 species).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salvia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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