Salvia officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 23. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 185.

Lectotype ( Rosúa & Jarvis in Taxon 36: 635. 1987): Herb. Clifford: 12, Salvia 2 (BM-000557576) .

Generitype of Salvia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 117. 1929).

Current name: Salvia officinalis L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: A number of authors (e.g. Valdés-Bermejo & López González in Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 34: 165. 1977; Rosúa & Blanca in Acta Bot. Malac. 11: 266. 1986) have treated 42.3 (LINN) as the type. However, the sheet lacks the Species Plantarum number (i.e. “4”) and is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium. It was therefore rejected as the type by Rosúa & Jarvis in favour of the Clifford material.