Salvia cualensis, J. G. Gonzalez, 2012

González-Gallegos, Jesús Guadalupe & Castro-Castro, Arturo, 2012, Salvia cualensis and Salvia cualensis var. perezii (Lamiaceae), two new taxa from the Sierra de El Cuale, Jalisco, Mexico, Phytotaxa 74 (1), pp. 47-58 : 55

Key to Salvia cualensis and its morphologically closest relatives

1. Floral axis, pedicel and calyx covered with glandular-capitate hairs mixed with eglandular hairs (1.2–1.8 mm long) ......................................................................................................................................................... Salvia heterotricha

– Floral axis, pedicel and calyx covered with eglandular hairs and rarely with glandular-capitate hairs (less than 0.5 mm long) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Petiole (0–) 3–15 mm long, leaf blade elliptic to oblancolate; upper calyx lip 5- to 7-veined; filament 1–1.6(–1.9) mm long, connective 3.5–5 mm long; style 7–7.4(–10.7) mm long ........................................ Salvia jaimehintoniana

– Petiole 0–2.5 mm long, leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to linear; upper calyx lip 5-veined; filament 2.1–2.4 mm long, connective 4.5–7.5 mm long; style 9.5–13.6 mm long ................................................................................................ 3

3. Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, (5.2–)8.6–14.4 × 0.9–1.7 cm; floral bract (7–)14–18.6 × 4–6.7 mm; pedicel 2.7–4.4 long; calyx 7.9–11 × 4.4–6.5 mm; corolla tube (7.5–)8.5–11 × 3.5–4.4 mm, upper lip 5.2–8 mm, lower lip 11.1–15 mm long; proximal connective gradually narrowed; style (11–) 12.4–13.6 mm long..................................................... ....................................................................................................................................... Salvia cualensis var. cualensis

– Leaf blade linear, 4.7–10.5 × 0.3–0.5(–0.7) cm; floral bract (2–)7.5–11.2 × (1–) 2.3–3 mm long; pedicel 2–3 mm long; calyx 6–6.6 × 3–4.5 mm; corolla tube 6–7.6 × 3.5–3.9 mm, upper lip 3.3–6 mm, lower lip (7–) 8–12.2 mm long; proximal connective abruptly narrowed; style 9.5–11 mm long ............................... Salvia cualensis var. perezii