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Micromorphological characters of the nutlet surface has been analysed in 13 species of Salvia belonging to the subgenera Salvia, Sclarea (Moench.) Benth., Calosphace Benth., Leonia (Llav. & !...ex.) Benth. and Covola (Medik.) Brig. by scanning electron microscopy. The results suggest that nutlet sculpturing is useful as a taxonomic charactcr for subgeneric delimitation.