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Genus of flowering plants
Lepechinia is a genus of plants in the mint family,
Lamiaceae .
[3] It includes several species of plants known commonly as pitchersages (also pitcher sages ).
[4] Plants of this genus can be found in Central and
South America ,
Mexico ,
California ,
Hispaniola , and
Hawaii , although the species in Hawaii is probably a human introduction.
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[7] Many of them bear attractive pitcher-shaped flowers, often in shades of purple. The genus was named for the Russian botanist
Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin .
[8] In 2011, the two monotypic genera Chaunostoma and Neoeplingia were shown to be part of Lepechinia .
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Species
As of February 2024
[update] ,
Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
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Lepechinia annae (Taub. ex Schwacke) Brade
Lepechinia anomala Epling - southern Brazil
Lepechinia bella Epling - Bolivia
Lepechinia betonicifolia (Lam.) Epling - Colombia, Ecuador
Lepechinia bullata (Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Lepechinia calycina (
Benth. )
Epling ex
Munz – pitcher sage, woodbalm - California (Coast Ranges + northern Sierra Nevada)
Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling – Santa Ana pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
Lepechinia caulescens (Ortega) Epling - Mexico, Guatemala
Lepechinia chilensis (Molina) R.Morales
Lepechinia cocuyensis J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
Lepechinia codon Epling - Peru
Lepechinia conferta (Benth.) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
Lepechinia dioica J.A.Hart - Ecuador
Lepechinia flammea Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez - Guerrero
Lepechinia floribunda (Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
Lepechinia fragrans (Greene) Epling – island pitcher sage, fragrant pitcher sage - southern California including offshore Channel Islands
Lepechinia ganderi Epling – San Diego pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
Lepechinia glomerata Epling - Jalisco
Lepechinia graveolens (Regel) Epling
Lepechinia hastata (A.Gray) Epling – pakata - Baja California and Baja California Sur, including Revillagigedo Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Lepechinia lamiifolia (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
Lepechinia lancifolia (Rusby) Epling - Bolivia
Lepechinia leucophylloides (Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma - Hidalgo
Lepechinia marica Epling & Mathias - Peru
Lepechinia mecistandra (Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
Lepechinia mexicana (S.Schauer) Epling - central + northeastern Mexico
Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
Lepechinia mollis (Epling) Epling - Peru
Lepechinia mutica (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador
Lepechinia nelsonii (Fernald) Epling - central + southern Mexico
Lepechinia nubigena J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado
Lepechinia paniculata (Kunth) Epling - Ecuador
Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
Lepechinia rossii S.Boyd & Mistretta – Ross' pitcher sage - southern California (Los Angeles + Ventura Counties)
Lepechinia rufocampi Epling & Mathias - Ecuador
Lepechinia salviae (Lindl.) Epling - Chile
Lepechinia salviifolia (Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
Lepechinia schiedeana (Schltdl.) Vatke - Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
Lepechinia scobina Epling - Peru
Lepechinia speciosa (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Epling - southern Brazil
Lepechinia tomentosa (Benth.) Epling - Peru
Lepechinia urbani (Briq.) Epling - Hispaniola
Lepechinia velutina J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
Lepechinia vesiculosa (Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
Lepechinia vulcanicola J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
Lepechinia yecorana Henrickson, Fishbein & T.Van Devender - Sonora
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