Lepechinia


Lepechinia is a genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It includes several species of plants known commonly as pitchersages. 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. Many of them bear attractive pitcher-shaped flowers, often in shades of purple. The genus was named for the Russian botanist Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin. In 2011, the two monotypic genera Chaunostoma and Neoeplingia were shown to be part of Lepechinia.

Species

, Plants of [the World Online] accepted the following species:
  1. Lepechinia annae Brade
  2. Lepechinia anomala Epling - southern Brazil
  3. Lepechinia bella Epling - Bolivia
  4. Lepechinia betonicifolia Epling - Colombia, Ecuador
  5. Lepechinia bullata Epling - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
  6. Lepechinia calycina Epling ex Munz - pitcher sage, woodbalm - California
  7. Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling - Santa Ana pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
  8. Lepechinia caulescens Epling - Mexico, Guatemala
  9. Lepechinia chilensis R.Morales
  10. Lepechinia cocuyensis J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
  11. Lepechinia codon Epling - Peru
  12. Lepechinia conferta Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
  13. Lepechinia dioica J.A.Hart - Ecuador
  14. Lepechinia flammea Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez - Guerrero
  15. Lepechinia floribunda Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  16. Lepechinia fragrans Epling - island pitcher sage, fragrant pitcher sage - southern California including offshore Channel Islands
  17. Lepechinia ganderi Epling - San Diego pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
  18. Lepechinia glomerata Epling - Jalisco
  19. Lepechinia graveolens Epling
  20. Lepechinia hastata Epling - pakata - Baja California and Baja California Sur, including Revillagigedo Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
  21. Lepechinia heteromorpha Epling - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  22. Lepechinia lamiifolia Epling - Ecuador, Peru
  23. Lepechinia lancifolia Epling - Bolivia
  24. Lepechinia leucophylloides B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma - Hidalgo
  25. Lepechinia marica Epling & Mathias - Peru
  26. Lepechinia mecistandra H.K.Moon - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
  27. Lepechinia mexicana Epling - central + northeastern Mexico
  28. Lepechinia meyenii Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  29. Lepechinia mollis Epling - Peru
  30. Lepechinia mutica Epling - Ecuador
  31. Lepechinia nelsonii Epling - central + southern Mexico
  32. Lepechinia nubigena J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado
  33. Lepechinia paniculata Epling - Ecuador
  34. Lepechinia radula Epling - Ecuador, Peru
  35. Lepechinia rossii S.Boyd & Mistretta - Ross' pitcher sage - southern California
  36. Lepechinia rufocampi Epling & Mathias - Ecuador
  37. Lepechinia salviae Epling - Chile
  38. Lepechinia salviifolia Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
  39. Lepechinia schiedeana Vatke - Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
  40. Lepechinia scobina Epling - Peru
  41. Lepechinia speciosa Epling - southern Brazil
  42. Lepechinia tomentosa Epling - Peru
  43. Lepechinia urbani Epling - Hispaniola
  44. Lepechinia velutina J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
  45. Lepechinia vesiculosa Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  46. Lepechinia vulcanicola J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
  47. Lepechinia yecorana Henrickson, Fishbein & T.Van Devender - Sonora