Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salvia microphylla Kunth [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baby sage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mirto	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
svartvinbärssalvia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lasemia coccinea Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 91 (1837), nom. superfl.
Lesemia coccinea Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 91 (1837), nom. superfl.
Salvia gasterantha Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 858 (1896).
Salvia grahamii Benth. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1370 (1831).
Salvia lemmonii A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 309 (1885).
Salvia menthifolia Ten. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 2: 379 (1854).
Salvia microphylla var. canescens A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 407 (1886).
Salvia microphylla var. neurepia (Fernald) Epling Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 110: 278 (1939).
Salvia microphylla var. wislizeni A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 408 (1886).
Salvia neurepia Fernald Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 35: 535 (1900).
Salvia obtusa M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 72 (1844).
Salvia odoratissima Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 7 (1892).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salvia microphylla	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Salvia microphylla H.B.K.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Salvia microphylla Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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