''Lepechinia'' is a genus of plants in the mint family,
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba ...
.
It includes several species of plants known commonly as pitchersages (also pitcher sages).
Plants of this genus can be found in Central and
South America
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Mexico
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,
California
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,
Hispaniola
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Hawaii
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, although the species in Hawaii is probably a human introduction.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> Many of them bear attractive pitcher-shaped flowers, often in shades of purple. The genus was named for the Russian botanist Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin.[Drew, Bryan T. Sytsma, Kenneth J. 2011. Testing the Monophyly and Placement of ''Lepechinia'' in the Tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae). Systematic Botany, 36: 1038-1049.]
Species
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accepted the following species:[
# '' 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.
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) 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
''Lepechinia'' is a genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It includes several species of plants known commonly as pitchersages (also pitcher sages). Plants of this genus can be found in Central and South America, Mexico, California, Hisp ...
'' (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
References
External links
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USDA Plants Profile: ''Lepechinia''
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Lamiaceae genera
Plants described in 1804
Flora of Central America
Flora of Southern America
Flora of Mexico
Flora of California