A synopsis of Salvia sect. Gardoquiiflorae (Lamiaceae), with a note on the origins of Caribbean Salvia species Author Zona, Scott Author Finch, Kristen 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. Author Clase, Teodoro Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso, Apartado postal 21 - 9, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Author Jestrow, Brett Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, 33156 - 4242 USA. text Phytotaxa 2016 2016-04-11 255 3 214 226 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.255.3.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.255.3.3 1179-3163 13672047 Salvia buchii Urban (1903 ; 369) Type ( lectotype , designated here): HAITI . Near Gonaïves , Morne Balance , wet shrubland, July 1901 , W. Buch 658 (GH barcode 00001796!; syntype B [destroyed]) . Shrub 1 m tall, branches densely white tomentose; leaves ovate-lanceolate, with a finely serrate margin, base acute or cuneate, apex acute, petiole 1.0– 1.8 cm long, blade 7.5–10.3 cm long by 2.8–3.5 cm wide, abaxial surface obscured by dense white pubescence and golden glandular trichomes, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent; inflorescence of dense terminal racemes, flowers and bracts obscuring the inflorescence axis, verticillasters comprising 12–20 flowers, subtending bracts ± persistent, ovate with a caudate apex, 8.0–11.0 mm long and 3.3–10.0 mm wide, violet to purple; pedicel 0.8–1.0 mm long; calyx 8.0– 8.3 mm long and 2.5–3.3 mm wide, lobes 2.3–2.4 mm long, violet to purple; corolla 10.1 mm long, white; filament 1.1 mm long; connective 6.6 mm long, the posterior arm of the connective paddle-shaped, 3.7 mm long; anthers 1.2 mm long by 0.4 mm wide, dorsifixed, not versatile; style not seen; mericarps not seen. FIGURE 6. Strict consensus tree of 30,000 most parsimonious from the combined ITS and psbA-trnH . Bootstrap values (>50%) from parsimony analysis are above the branches; for these branches, clade credibility values (>50%) from Bayesian analysis are given below branches. Parsimony and Bayesian topologies do not conflict. Symbols: triangles = taxa primarily from Mexico/Central America; squares = taxa primarily from the Andes. Distribution and habitat :—The species is apparently endemic to Mt. Balance, in the Massif du Nord, Haiti (fig. 1) and is found at 800–960 m elevation, in thickets and disturbed, open places. Etymology :—The epithet was chosen to honor Wilhelm Buch (1862–1943), a German pharmacist and plant collector, who explored Haiti and made extensive collections for Ignatz Urban of the Museum and Botanical Garden of Berlin. Taxonomic remarks :—The most recent collection of this species was the Ekman specimen from 1925, some 90 years ago. Relocating and recollecting this species should be a high priority for conservation. The dense, upright spikes and colorful, persistent bracts (fig. 2) of this species make it exceptionally ornamental and recommend it to cultivation. Additional specimens examined :— HAITI . Dept. Artibonite : Massif du Nord , Gros-Morne , Mt. Balance , 26 October 1925 , E. Ekman H4924 (GH!, K !, NY!, US) ; La Brand to Mt. Balance , 15 August 1905 , G.V. Nash & N. Taylor 1700 ( NY !, US ) .