page_title: List of Salvia species
section_title: L
hierarchical_section_title: List of Salvia species / L
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Salvia lanceolata at the University of California Botanical Garden
context_page_description: Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, with the number of species estimated to range from 700 to nearly 1,000. Members include shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. There are three main regions of radiation of Salvia: Central and South America, with approximately 500 species; central Asia and the Mediterranean with approx. 250 species; eastern Asia with approximately 90 species.
  The naming of distinct Salvia species has undergone regular revision, with many species being renamed, merged, and reclassified over the years. Salvia officinalis, for example, has been cultivated for thousands of years, yet has been named and described under six different scientific names since 1940 alone. At one time there were over 2,000 named species and subspecies. The most recent revision was done in 1988 by Gabriel Alziar of the Jardin botanique de la Ville de Nice—it consolidated the number of different species to approximately 700. As new discoveries are made, the taxonomic list of Salvia species will continue to change.
context_section_description: Salvia lachnaioclada Briq.
  Salvia lachnocalyx Hedge
  Salvia lachnostachys Benth.
  Salvia lachnostoma Epling
  Salvia laevis Benth.
  Salvia lamiifolia Jacq.
  Salvia lanceolata Lam.
  Salvia langlassei Fernald
  Salvia languidula Epling
  Salvia lanicalyx Epling
  Salvia lanicaulis Epling & Játiva
  Salvia lanigera Poir.
  Salvia lankongensis C.Y.Wu
  Salvia lasiantha Benth.
  Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn.
  Salvia lavandula Alain
  Salvia lavandulifolia Vahl
  Salvia lavanduloides Kunth
  Salvia laxispicata Epling
  Salvia lemmonii Gray
  Salvia leninae Epling
  Salvia lenta Fernald
  Salvia leonia Benth.
  Salvia leptophylla Benth.
  Salvia leptostachys Benth.
  Salvia leriifolia Benth.
  Salvia leucantha Cav.
  Salvia leucocephala Kunth
  Salvia leucochlamys Epling
  Salvia leucodermis Baker
  Salvia leucophylla Greene
  Salvia libanensis Rusby
  Salvia liguliloba Y.Z.Sun
  Salvia lilacinocoerulea Nevski
  Salvia limbata C.A.Mey.
  Salvia lineata Benth.
  Salvia lipskyi Pobed.
  Salvia littae Vis.
  Salvia lobbii Epling
  Salvia longibracteolata E.P.Santos
  Salvia longipedicellata Hedge
  Salvia longispicata M.Martens & Galeotti
  Salvia longistyla Benth.
  Salvia lophanthoides Fernald
  Salvia loxensis Benth.
  Salvia lozanii Fernald
  Salvia lutescens (Koidz.) Koidz.
  Salvia lycioides A.Gray
  Salvia lyrata L.
caption: Salvia lanceolata
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