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