Salvia pomifera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 24. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 186.

Lectotype (Hedge in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 518. 2001): [icon] " Salvia Cretica, frutescens, pomifera, foliis longioribus, incanis et crispis " in Tournefort, Rel. Voy. Levant (Paris ed.) 1: 77. 1717. - Epitype (Hedge in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 518. 2001): Greece. Crete, Agios Vasilios/Amari, 2.5km SE of Spili, gorge 1.25km N of Kissos, 700m, 28 Jun 1994, Turland 783 (BM-000098211; iso- UPA).

Current name: Salvia pomifera L. ( Lamiaceae).