Salvia xalapensis

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|taxon = Salvia xalapensis

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|Salvia cordobensis|Briq.

|Salvia polystachya|M.Martens & Galeotti, nom. illeg.

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Salvia xalapensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Mexico. Compounds obtained from Salvia xalapensis have been investigated for their possible medical or insecticidal uses.

Taxonomy

Salvia xalapensis was first described by George Bentham in 1848. In 1844, Martin Martens and Henri Guillaume Galeotti published the name Salvia polystachya. {{As of|2024|May}}, Plants of the World Online regarded this as an illegitimate synonym of Salvia xalapensis. In 1791, Antonio José Cavanilles had described a different species as Salvia polystachia (also spelt Salvia polystachya.)

Phytochemistry

Salvia xalapensis is one of a number of Salvia species whose phytochemistry has been investigated, for taxonomic reasons and to study the biological activity of the compounds present, which might have medical or insecticidal uses. Four new diterpenes were among the 13 different compounds isolated from three populations of Salvia xalapensis. Two of the diterpenes had a novel molecular skeleton. An in vitro study showed that the diterpene salvixalapadiene obtained from Salvia xalapensis had potential as an insecticide against Drosophila melanogaster.

References

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{{citation |mode=cs2 |title=Salvia xalapensis Benth. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=457539-1 |access-date=2024-05-01}}

{{citation |mode=cs2 |title=Salvia polystachya Cav. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=927520-1 |access-date=2024-05-01}}

{{citation |mode=cs2 |title=Salvia xalapensis Benth. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:457539-1 |access-date=2024-05-01}}

{{citation |mode=cs2 |title=Salvia polystachia Cav. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927520-1 |access-date=2024-05-02}}

{{Citation |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Gabriela Cristina Soares |last2=dos Santos Maia |first2=Mayara |last3=Silva Cavalcanti |first3=Andreza Barbosa |last4=de Sousa |first4=Natália Ferreira |last5=Scotti |first5=Marcus Tullius |last6=Scotti |first6=Luciana |date=2021 |title=In Silico Studies of Lamiaceae Diterpenes with Bioinsecticide Potential against Aphis gossypii and Drosophila melanogaster |journal=Molecules |volume=26 |issue=3 |at=766 |doi=10.3390/molecules26030766 |doi-access=free |pmid=33540716 |pmc=7867283 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{Citation |last1=Tello Aburto |first1=Rudolfo |last2=Esquivel Rodríguez |first2=Baldomero |date=2001 |title=Estudio fitoquímico de Salvia xalapensis Benth. |journal=Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society |volume=45 |issue=special issue |at=C/9 |name-list-style=amp |lang=es}}; [https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/475/47509413.pdf abstract]

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xalapensis

Category:Flora of Mexico

Category:Plants described in 1848