Synopsis of the Central Asian Salvia species with identification key Author Turdiboev, Obidjon A. Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory Flora of Uzbekistan, st. Durmon yuli, 32, Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan. Author Shormanova, Aijamal A. 0000-0002-9357-4008 Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction KN MES RK, st. Timiryazeva 36 D, Almaty, 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan. sdsad @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9357 - 4008 sdsad@gmail.com Author Sheludyakova, Mariya B. Botanical Institute. V. L. Komarov RAS, st. Prof. Popova, 2, St. Petersburg, 197376, Russia. Author Akbarov, Feruz Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laboratory Flora of Uzbekistan, st. Durmon yuli, 32, Tashkent, 100125, Uzbekistan. Author Drew, Bryan T. Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney NE, USA. Author Celep, Ferhat Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-04-08 543 1 1 20 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.543.1.1 journal article 56066 10.11646/phytotaxa.543.1.1 9ed5d276-9dbe-48d8-a081-1a8266918db4 1179-3163 6424279 Salvia ariana Hedge TAJIKISTAN : Aktau mountains , In the cracks of gypsum rocks Akbulak , 25 May 1959 , V . P . Botschantsev & S . Y . Yunusov 127 ( LE !); mountains Hajj-Kazian , to in from the Shaartuz mountains , rocky slopes, 23 May 1960 , V . P . Botschantsev , T . V . Egorova , 324, 324a ( LE !); Southwestern spurs of the Darvaz ridge, Upper Buzdykham , near the ridge, 5 km S from the village of Parkhar , scattered red sandstones, 2100 m , 12 June 1960 , Y . D. Soskov & S . Y . Yunusov 1148 ( LE !); Sarymsakly , On the slopes in the gorges of the western Zastava , near the border, 22 May 1961 , D. Kurbanov s. n. ( LE !) .