Sosúa Sage

Sosúa Sage :: Salvia lachnaioclada Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 092 On today’s show we learn about the Sosúa Sage, a critically endangered perennial shrub native to the Caribbean, specifically the north central coast of the Dominican Republic. Its scientific name is Salvia lachnaioclada and it was first described in 1898. For more information about coastal conservation near Sosúa in the Dominican Republic, please see the Fundación Ecológica Maguá on Instagram at instagram.com/fundacionecologicamagua/ (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (19:16) Citations (21:05) Music (25:47) Pledge Research for today’s show was compiled from: Briquet, J. (1898). Fragmenta monographiae Labiatarum (Fasciculus V). Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de Genève, 2, 102–251. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4221134 iNaturalist - Sosúa, Dominican Republic Plants of the World Online. (2026). Salvia lachnaioclada Briq. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. – https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:226688-2 Reith, M., de Kok, R. & Bartholomew, D. 2021. Salvia lachnaioclada. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192559488A192559509. – https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192559488A192559509.en Ryding, O. (2001). Myxocarpy in the Nepetoideae (Lamiaceae) with notes on myxodiaspory in general. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 71(2), 503–514. – https://doi.org/10.2307/3668696 Torke, B.M. A revision of Salvia sect. Ekmania (Lamiaceae). Brittonia 52, 265–302 (2000). – https://doi.org/10.2307/2666577 Wester, P., & Claßen-Bockhoff, R. (2011). Pollination syndromes of New World Salvia species with special reference to bird pollination. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 98(1), 101–155. – https://doi.org/10.3417/2007035 Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_lachnaioclada Zona, S. (2017). Fruit and seed dispersal of Salvia L. (Lamiaceae): A review of the evidence. The Botanical Review, 83(2), 195–212. – https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-017-9189-y Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers. A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m a musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.