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Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-11
Page range: 214–226
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A synopsis of Salvia sect. Gardoquiiflorae (Lamiaceae), with a note on the origins of Caribbean Salvia species

International Center for Tropical Botany & Dept. of Biological Sciences OE 167, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8 St., Miami, Florida, 33199-2516, USA
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, 33156-4242 USA. current address: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082, Cordley Hall, 2701 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331 USA.
Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso, Apartado postal 21-9, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, 33156-4242 USA.
Andes biogeography Calosphace Caribbean Hispaniola Lamiaceae Salvia Eudicots

Abstract

Salvia subg. Calosphace sect. Gardoquiiflorae is re-examined, and three species, all endemic to Hispaniola (Greater Antilles), are recognized. The names S. brachyloba, S. buchii and S. selleana are here lectotypified. Detailed morphological descriptions, distribution maps, information about habitat, and an identification key to the species are provided. In addition, preliminary results of a phylogeographical study of West Indian endemic species identified two colonization events. A group of high-elevation Hispaniolian endemic species is closely related to species of Salvia from the Andes.