Salvia smyrnaea Boiss.

Salvia smyrnaea Boiss. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser.1, 5: 5 (Boissier 1844). TYPE MATERIAL. — Türkiye • B1 Izmir, in cacumine montis Tartali (Tahtali Da.) ad orientem Smyrneam (Izmir); V.1842; Boissier (G); first-step lectotype designated by Hedge (1982: 429) • Cacumine montis ad orientem Smyrnae; V. 1842; Boissier; second-step lectotype (here designated): G-BOIS [G00156010]! (Fig. 1) • same data; isolectotypes: G [G00085141, G00085166, G00435332]!, GH [GH0001884]!, JE [JE00002705]!, K [K000509016, K000509017]!, LE [LE00016783]!, MW [MW0594584]!, NY [NY00000353]!, P [P00714794, P00714795, P00714797, P00714798]!, US [US00517381]! • same data; syntypes: HBG [HBG518237]!, M [M0099274]! DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY Salvia smyrnaea is a narrow endemic species found in the Kemalpaşa District of İzmir and the Söke District of Aydın provinces in western Türkiye (Hedge 1982; Celep 2010; POWO 2025). It thrives on calcareous rocks in open Pinus sp. forests, around the summit of Nif mountain, in gravelly places at an altitude of 900-1510 m (Celep 2010; Celep et al. 2011). According to Celep & Doğan (2023), the conservation status of S. smyrnaea is assigned as Endangered (EN) based on IUCN (2022) criteria. NOTES Salvia smyrnaea was validly described by Boissier (1844) in the Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. In the protologue, Boissier indicated “Tartali ad orientem Smyrnae” as the habitat where the species was collected. Today, this area corresponds to Nif Mountain between the Torbalı and Kemalpaşa districts of İzmir. Based on herbarium searches, we found four herbarium sheets (G00156010, G00085141, G00085166, G00435332) in Geneva herbarium, which is typically the herbarium where Boissier type material is stored (Stafleu & Cowan 1976). Among them, one sheet (G00156010) belongs to the G-BOIS collection. Moreover, several duplicates were found in other herbaria, such as GH, HBG, JE, K, LE, M, MW, NY, P and US (herbarium acronyms follow Thiers 2025). The specimens housed in G that are labelled with a “Typus” red label typically indicate that the material has not been published as specifically designated. While other specimens in different herbaria are recognized as isotypes, these herbarium sheets often bear a yellow abbreviated label “Herb. E. Boissier, Salvia smyrnaea Boiss., Mons Tartali suprà Smyrnam, Maio 1842”. Hedge (1982) carried out an inadvertent lectotypification due to the statement “type” which can be considered a valid type designation and should be corrected under lectotype according to Art. 7.11 of ICN. However, there are several specimens in G which is the herbarium reported by Hedge (1982). Therefore, a second-step lectotypification is needed to clarify the name of S. smyrnaea and designate a single lectotype (Art. 9.17). According to the label on the G00085141 specimen, Hedge revised this one, which is part of the syntypes but is not found in Boissier’s herbarium. Therefore, we prefer to designate the G-BOIS specimen as a lectotype, which represents a well-preserved specimen of the species that displays all the diagnostic morphological features needed for the identification of the species, such as leaves mostly basal, ovate-oblong to oblong, flowering stems glandular below, calyx upper lip clearly 3-dentate, corolla with subequal lips. Therefore, it corresponds to the current application of the name (Hedge 1982).