Salvia acuminata Vent.

71. Salvia acuminataVent., Descr. Pl. Nouv.: tab. 50. 1801 [nom. illeg.] [non S. acuminata Ruiz & Pav.]. Lectotypus (designated here): UNITED STATES. South Carolina: Michaux s.n. (G [G00341608]!; isolecto-: P-JU n°5261 [P00657979]). = Salvia azurea Michx. ex Vahl Notes. – Two gatherings are present in Ventenat’s herbarium. The Michaux collection from Carolina and a cultivated specimen from Cels’s garden [G00341573]. We designate the Michaux collection as the lectotype because it better represent the morphology of the plant in the wild.Published as part of Callmander, Martin W., Durbin, Olivier D., Lack, Hans-Walter, Bungener, Patrick, Martin, Pascal & Gautier, Laurent, 2017, Etienne-Pierre Ventenat (1757 - 1808) and the gardens of Cels and Empress Joséphine, pp. 87-132 in Candollea 72 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.15553/c2017v721a8, http://zenodo.org/record/572191