Lepechinia

Lepechinia is a genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.^[3] It includes several species of plants known commonly as pitchersages (also pitcher sages).^[4] 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.^[5][6][7] Many of them bear attractive pitcher-shaped flowers, often in shades of purple. The genus was named for the Russian botanist Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin.^[8] In 2011, the two monotypic genera Chaunostoma and Neoeplingia were shown to be part of Lepechinia.^[9]

Lepechinia
Lepechinia calycina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Genus:	Lepechinia Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Alguelaguen Feuillée ex Adans. Alguelagum Kuntze Astemon Regel Chaunostoma Donn.Sm. Mahya Cordem. Neoeplingia Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano Phytoxis Molina Sphacele Benth. Ulricia Jacq. ex Steud.

Species

As of February 2024^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[2]

1. Lepechinia annae (Taub. ex Schwacke) Brade
2. Lepechinia anomala Epling - southern Brazil
3. Lepechinia bella Epling - Bolivia
4. Lepechinia betonicifolia (Lam.) Epling - Colombia, Ecuador
5. Lepechinia bullata (Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
6. Lepechinia calycina (Benth.) Epling ex Munz – pitcher sage, woodbalm - California (Coast Ranges + northern Sierra Nevada)
7. Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling – Santa Ana pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
8. Lepechinia caulescens (Ortega) Epling - Mexico, Guatemala
9. Lepechinia chilensis (Molina) R.Morales
10. Lepechinia cocuyensis J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
11. Lepechinia codon Epling - Peru
12. Lepechinia conferta (Benth.) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
13. Lepechinia dioica J.A.Hart - Ecuador
14. Lepechinia flammea Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez - Guerrero
15. Lepechinia floribunda (Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
16. Lepechinia fragrans (Greene) Epling – island pitcher sage, fragrant pitcher sage - southern California including offshore Channel Islands
17. Lepechinia ganderi Epling – San Diego pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
18. Lepechinia glomerata Epling - Jalisco
19. Lepechinia graveolens (Regel) Epling
20. Lepechinia hastata (A.Gray) Epling – pakata - Baja California and Baja California Sur, including Revillagigedo Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
21. Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
22. Lepechinia lamiifolia (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
23. Lepechinia lancifolia (Rusby) Epling - Bolivia
24. Lepechinia leucophylloides (Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma - Hidalgo
25. Lepechinia marica Epling & Mathias - Peru
26. Lepechinia mecistandra (Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
27. Lepechinia mexicana (S.Schauer) Epling - central + northeastern Mexico
28. Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
29. Lepechinia mollis (Epling) Epling - Peru
30. Lepechinia mutica (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador
31. Lepechinia nelsonii (Fernald) Epling - central + southern Mexico
32. Lepechinia nubigena J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado
33. Lepechinia paniculata (Kunth) Epling - Ecuador
34. Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
35. Lepechinia rossii S.Boyd & Mistretta – Ross' pitcher sage - southern California (Los Angeles + Ventura Counties)
36. Lepechinia rufocampi Epling & Mathias - Ecuador
37. Lepechinia salviae (Lindl.) Epling - Chile
38. Lepechinia salviifolia (Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
39. Lepechinia schiedeana (Schltdl.) Vatke - Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
40. Lepechinia scobina Epling - Peru
41. Lepechinia speciosa (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Epling - southern Brazil
42. Lepechinia tomentosa (Benth.) Epling - Peru
43. Lepechinia urbani (Briq.) Epling - Hispaniola
44. Lepechinia velutina J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
45. Lepechinia vesiculosa (Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
46. Lepechinia vulcanicola J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
47. Lepechinia yecorana Henrickson, Fishbein & T.Van Devender - Sonora