Salimenaea

Salimenaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus:
N.O'Leary & P.Moroni
Species:
S. integrifolia
Binomial name
Salimenaea integrifolia
(Griseb.) N.O'Leary & P.Moroni
Synonyms[1]
  • Lippia boliviana Rusby
  • Lippia boliviana var. angusta Moldenke
  • Lippia boliviana var. integrifolia Moldenke
  • Lippia integrifolia (Griseb.) Hieron.
  • Lippia integrifolia var. beckii Moldenke
  • Lippia turbinata var. integrifolia Griseb. (1874) (basionym)

Salimenaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Verbenaceae. It includes a single species, Salimenaea integrifolia, a shrub native to Bolivia, northern Argentina, and northern Chile, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.[1]

The species was first described as Lippia turbinata var. integrifolia by August Grisebach.[1] In 2023 Nataly O'Leary et al. placed in the new monotypic genus Salimenaea as Salimenaea integrifolia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Salimenaea integrifolia (Griseb.) N.O'Leary & P.Moroni". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. ^ Nataly O'Leary, Pablo Moroni, Patricia Lu-Irving, Fabiana Mirra, and Richard G. Olmstead "Salimenaea and Troncosoa (Verbenaceae, Lantaneae), Two New Monotypic Genera from Southern South America," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 31(1), 95-107, (23 May 2023). https://doi.org/10.3417/2023817
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