Taxon:
Salvia hispanica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:25. 1753
Verified:
07/24/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972 Note: mentions
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
- Ayerza, R. 1996. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Jojoba and its uses and of the Third International Conference on New Industrial Crops and Products. 187-191.
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
- Williams, L. O. 1981. The useful plants of Central America. Ceiba 24:150.
Common names
English
chia – Swedish
mexikansk chia-salvia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | c. & s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
beverage base (seeds used to prepare beverages fide Dict Gard; F Guat; Ceiba 24:150. 1981) – Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –