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, Hispaniola, and Hawaii, although the species in Hawaii is probably a human introduction.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesHart, J. A. 1983. Systematic and evolutionary studies in the genus Lepechinia (Lamiaceae). Ph.D. thesis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University.Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps 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.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 , Plants of the World Online 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.) 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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External links
USDA Plants Profile: Lepechinia