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Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number

2017/02/01 by Bryan T. Drew, Jesús Guadalupe González‐Gallegos, Jesús Guadalupe González-Gallegos +6 · 224 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Botany #Clade #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Genus #Lamiaceae #Paraphyly #Phylogenetic tree #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Salvia

paper · doi:10.12705/661.7

published in Taxon 66(1), 133-145 (Wiley)

openalex publication_date 2017/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Abstract Previous molecular phylogenetic research, based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA data, has demonstrated that the large genus Salvia (Lamiaceae) is paraphyletic as traditionally circumscribed. However, neither relationships within Salvia s.l. nor within subtribe Salviinae have been evaluated using low‐copy nuclear gene regions. Here, we use two low‐copy nuclear gene regions ( PPR‐AT3G09060, GBSSI ) to further assess relationships of Salvia and related genera within Salviinae. Our results largely confirm results from previous studies based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Based upon the phylogenetic results presented here, previous phylogenetic studies, and taxonomic, morphological, and practical considerations, we conclude that the botanical community would be best served by maintaining a broadly defined Salvia, including the five small embedded genera Dorystaechas, Meriandra, Perovskia, Rosmarinus, and Zhumeria as Salvia species. We subsequently present an updated circumscription of Salvia.

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