page_title: List of Salvia species
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hierarchical_section_title: List of Salvia species / M
caption_attribution_description: Salvia mellifera Photographed at BioTrek. Contributed and © by Curtis Clark. Licensed as noted.
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 macellaria Epling
  Salvia macilenta Boiss.
  Salvia macrocalyx Gardner
  Salvia macrochlamys Boiss. & Kotschy
  Salvia macrophylla Benth.
  Salvia macrosiphon Boiss.
  Salvia macrostachya Kunth
  Salvia madrensis Seem.
  Salvia mairei H.Lév.
  Salvia malvifolia Epling & Játiva
  Salvia manantlanensis Ramamoorthy
  Salvia manaurica Fern.Alonso
  Salvia marashica A. İlçim, F. Celep & Doğan
  Salvia marci Epling
  Salvia margaritae Botsch.
  Salvia mattogrossensis Pilg.
  Salvia maximowicziana Hemsl.
  Salvia maxonii Epling
  Salvia maymanica Hedge
  Salvia mayorii Briq.
  Salvia mazatlanensis Fernald
  Salvia medusa Epling & Játiva
  Salvia meiliensis S.W.Su
  Salvia mekongensis E.Peter
  Salvia melaleuca Epling
  Salvia melissiflora Benth.
  Salvia melissodora Lag.
  Salvia mellifera Greene
  Salvia mentiens Pohl
  Salvia merjamie Forssk.
  Salvia mexiae Epling
  Salvia mexicana L.
  Salvia microdictya Urb. & Ekman
  Salvia microphylla Kunth
  Salvia microstegia Boiss. & Balansa
  Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge
  Salvia minarum Briq.
  Salvia miniata Fernald
  Salvia mirzayanii Rech.f. & Esfand.
  Salvia misella Kunth
  Salvia mocinoi Benth.
  Salvia modesta Boiss.
  Salvia modica Epling
  Salvia mohavensis Greene
  Salvia monantha Brandegee ex Epling
  Salvia monclovensis Fernald
  Salvia moniliformis Fernald
  Salvia montbretii Benth.
  Salvia montecristina Urb. & Ekman
  Salvia moorcroftiana Wall. ex Benth.
  Salvia mornicola Urb. & Ekman
  Salvia mouretii Batt. & Pit.
  Salvia muelleri Epling
  Salvia muirii L.Bolus
  Salvia mukerjeei Bennet & Raizada
  Salvia multicaulis Vahl
  Salvia munzii Epling
  Salvia muscarioides Fernald
caption: Salvia mellifera
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