What is "lepechinia"

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. Recently, the two monotypic genera Chaunostoma and Neoeplingia were shown to be part of Lepechinia.

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