Salvia aurea L., 1762

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 811

Salvia africana lutea Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 26. 1753, nom. inval.

“Habitat ad Cap. b. spei, juxta rivulos.” RCN: 209.

Type not relevant.

Current name: Salvia aurea L. ( Lamiaceae ).

Note: “ Salvia africana lutea ” L. (1753) is a generic name followed by two adjectival words in the nominative case and is not a valid species name (Art. 23.6(c) Ex. 15).