Notes on Salvia subgenus Calosphace section Macrostachyae (Lamiaceae) from Ecuador with a new record

Salvia alata is reported as new record for Ecuador. This species belongs to S. sect. Macrostachyae, thus an updated identification key of this section provided. The descriptions and the most morphologically similar it (Salvia speciosa) are complemented with information photographs taken in field. distributed Ecuador Peru can be distinguished from speciosa by its pilose vegetative organs, flowers white stamens styles, mericarps a deltoid apex. On other hand, endemic Peru, has glabrescent burgundy deep purple bifurcate