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. 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:
- Lepechinia annae <small>(Taub. ex Schwacke) Brade</small>
- Lepechinia anomala <small>Epling</small> - southern Brazil
- Lepechinia bella <small>Epling</small> - Bolivia
- Lepechinia betonicifolia <small>(Lam.) Epling</small> - Colombia, Ecuador
- Lepechinia bullata <small>(Kunth) Epling</small> - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
- Lepechinia calycina <small>(Benth.) Epling ex Munz</small> – pitcher sage, woodbalm - California (Coast Ranges + northern Sierra Nevada)
- Lepechinia cardiophylla <small>Epling</small> – Santa Ana pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
- Lepechinia caulescens <small>(Ortega) Epling</small> - Mexico, Guatemala
- Lepechinia chilensis <small>(Molina) R.Morales</small>
- Lepechinia cocuyensis <small>J.R.I.Wood</small> - Colombia
- Lepechinia codon <small>Epling</small> - Peru
- Lepechinia conferta <small>(Benth.) Epling</small> - Colombia, Venezuela
- Lepechinia dioica <small>J.A.Hart</small> - Ecuador
- Lepechinia flammea <small>Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez</small> - Guerrero
- Lepechinia floribunda <small>(Benth.) Epling</small> - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
- Lepechinia fragrans <small>(Greene) Epling</small> – island pitcher sage, fragrant pitcher sage - southern California including offshore Channel Islands
- Lepechinia ganderi <small>Epling</small> – San Diego pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
- Lepechinia glomerata <small>Epling</small> - Jalisco
- Lepechinia graveolens <small>(Regel) Epling</small>
- Lepechinia hastata <small>(A.Gray) Epling</small> – pakata - Baja California and Baja California Sur, including Revillagigedo Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
- Lepechinia heteromorpha <small>(Briq.) Epling</small> - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Lepechinia lamiifolia <small>(Benth.) Epling</small> - Ecuador, Peru
- Lepechinia lancifolia <small>(Rusby) Epling</small> - Bolivia
- Lepechinia leucophylloides <small>(Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma</small> - Hidalgo
- Lepechinia marica <small>Epling & Mathias</small> - Peru
- Lepechinia mecistandra <small>(Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon</small> - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
- Lepechinia mexicana <small>(S.Schauer) Epling</small> - central + northeastern Mexico
- Lepechinia meyenii <small>(Walp.) Epling</small> - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
- Lepechinia mollis <small>(Epling) Epling</small> - Peru
- Lepechinia mutica <small>(Benth.) Epling</small> - Ecuador
- Lepechinia nelsonii <small>(Fernald) Epling</small> - central + southern Mexico
- Lepechinia nubigena <small>J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado</small>
- Lepechinia paniculata <small>(Kunth) Epling</small> - Ecuador
- Lepechinia radula (Benth.) <small>Epling</small> - Ecuador, Peru
- Lepechinia rossii <small>S.Boyd & Mistretta</small> – Ross' pitcher sage - southern California (Los Angeles + Ventura Counties)
- Lepechinia rufocampi <small>Epling & Mathias</small> - Ecuador
- Lepechinia salviae <small>(Lindl.) Epling</small> - Chile
- Lepechinia salviifolia <small>(Kunth) Epling</small> - Colombia, Venezuela
- Lepechinia schiedeana <small>(Schltdl.) Vatke</small> - Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
- Lepechinia scobina <small>Epling</small> - Peru
- Lepechinia speciosa <small>(A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Epling</small> - southern Brazil
- Lepechinia tomentosa <small>(Benth.) Epling</small> - Peru
- Lepechinia urbani (<small>Briq.) Epling</small> - Hispaniola
- Lepechinia velutina <small>J.R.I.Wood -</small> Colombia
- Lepechinia vesiculosa <small>(Benth.) Epling</small> - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
- Lepechinia vulcanicola <small>J.R.I.Wood</small> - Colombia
- Lepechinia yecorana <small>Henrickson, Fishbein & T.Van Devender</small> - Sonora
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