Re: Salvia major??

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• Subject: Re: Salvia major??
• From: Richard Dufresne s*@infi.net
• Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 17:26:48 -0400

At 08:59 PM 9/8/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Apologies for sudden rush of queries. Sign of end of season?!
>
>Can anyone (Nick? Richard?) tell me if S. major is a 'real' name? I have
the notion, probably mistaken, that it's a synonym for S. grandiflora - but
then S. grandiflora itself seems to be, um, doubtfully real? sometimes it's
referrred to this species, sometimes to that one...
>
>In short: I'm confused. Again.

Tim:

There are a number of sages with major as a varietal or subspecies name,
like S. mexicana.  I think someone left out the primary species epithet.

Richard F. Dufresne
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