Lepechinia

Lepechinia
Lepechinia calycina
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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]

Species

As of February 2024, 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

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Lepechinia Willd". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  2. ^ a b "Lepechinia Willd." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  3. ^ "Lepechinia Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Lepechinia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ^ Hart, J. A. 1983. Systematic and evolutionary studies in the genus Lepechinia (Lamiaceae). Ph.D. thesis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ^ Drew, Bryan T. Sytsma, Kenneth J. 2011. Testing the Monophyly and Placement of Lepechinia in the Tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae). Systematic Botany, 36: 1038-1049.