Taxonavigation

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Rosmarinus
Species: R. eriocalyx – R. officinalis – R. tomentosus

Nothospecies: R. × lavandulaceus – R. × mendizabalii

Name

Rosmarinus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 23 (1753)

• Type species: Rosmarinus officinalis  L., Sp. Pl. 1: 23 (1753)
  

Note: This genus is now accepted as being in synonymy with Salvia s.l., Drew et al. (2017) and Govaerts et al. (2018)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 23. Reference page. 
• Drew, B.T., González-Gallegos, J.G., Xiang, C.L., Kriebel, R., Drummond, C.P., Walker, J.B. & Sytsma, K.J. 2017. Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number. Taxon 66(1): 133–145. DOI: 10.12705/661.7 PDF Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Rosmarinus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 FE. 6. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Rosmarinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 July 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Rosmarinus. Published online. Accessed: July 4 2014.

Vernacular names

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