''Meehania'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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, first described in 1894. It is native to

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, and the eastern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
/ref> ;Species # '' Meehania cordata'' (Nutt.) Britton - Appalachian Mountains of eastern United States (Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio) # '' Meehania faberi'' (Hemsl.) C.Y.Wu - Gansu, Sichuan # '' Meehania fargesii'' (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang # '' Meehania henryi'' (Hemsl.) Y.Z.Sun ex C.Y.Wu - Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan # '' Meehania montis-koyae'' Ohwi - Honshu, Fujian, Zhejiang # '' Meehania pinfaensis'' (H.Lév.) Y.Z.Sun ex C.Y.Wu - Guizhou # '' Meehania urticifolia'' (Miq.) Makino - Japan, Korea, Russian Far East, Jilin, Liaoning

References

Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub