- Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Lepechinia Willd.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs to shrubs, rarely gynodioecious, or dioecious ( sect. parviflorae epling - see hart 1985); often aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves entire to toothed, often rugose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal and often axillary, a paniculate thyrse of lax, (1-) 3- to many-flowered cymes, or spiciform of ± congested, usually sessile, 6- to many-flowered verticillasters
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts usually small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers large to very small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx ± actinomorphic to weakly 2-lipped, 5-lobed (3/2), lobes deltoid to subulate or aristate, tube campanulate, 10-15-nerved, often accrescent and inflated, lobes spreading to connivent, throat exannulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla weakly 2-lipped, 5-lobed (2/3), white, yellowish, purplish to red or blue, lobes often subequal, or anterior lobe larger, tube cylindrical to campanulate, sometimes shorter than calyx, usually annulate within
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, didynamous, included to long-exserted, anterior pair usually longer, ascending, thecae 2, divergent to divaricate, elongate to oblong, sometimes confluent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes short, subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc 4-lobed, nutlets ovoid, smooth, brown or black, abscission scar minute, not mucilaginous.
- Note
- 2n = 32, 66. About 40 species. Epling (1948) recognized eight sections, based mainly on inflorescence structure and floral morphology. Hart (1983) recognized two: sect. Lepechinia and sect. Parviflorae, considering the former to be polyphyletic.
- Ecology
- Often montane
- Distribution
- Andes from Argentina and Chile northwards to Mexico and U.S.A. (California), with outlying species in Brazil and Hawaii, the Chilean L. chamaedryoides (Balbis) Epling naturalized in Réunion.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub, cauliflorous, densely hairy, with dendroid and simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves bullate, serrate, petioles unwinged
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary, borne on bare stems below leaves, forming short, racemoid thyrses, cymes single-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts caducous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers medium-sized, pedicellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx actinomorphic to weakly 2-lipped, 5-lobed, bright blue, lobes subequal, deltoid, tube broadly campanulate, membranous, accrescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed (4/1), ?red, posterior lip with 2 median lobes, separated by short sinus, lateral lobes rounded, almost obsolete, anterior lip rounded, tube short, exannulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, long-exserted, filaments curved, thecae 2, strongly divergent, confluent, elongate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma lobes short, subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc fleshy, scarcely lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets ovoid, smooth, black, with minute basal scar.
- Distribution
- One species: the rarely collected C. mecistandrum Donn. Sm. is known only from Southern Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Subshrub, densely canescent with branched hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves toothed, glandular-punctate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of 3-flowered sessile cymes in axils of bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles linear, inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx ± actinomorphic, subequally 5-lobed, lobes broadly triangular, tube 5-nerved and reticulately veined between nerves, broadly infundibuliform, glabrous within, except for hairy calyx-lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla blue, 2-lipped, 5-lobed (2/3), lobes rounded, posterior lip emarginate, flat, equalling or slightly shorter than 3-lobed anterior lip, median lobe of anterior lip larger than laterals, tube straight, widening above and scarcely exceeding calyx, an
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, usually all fertile, didynamous, posterior pair slightly shorter, anterior slightly exserted from corolla-tube, thecae slightly divergent, distinct
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes subulate, flattened, subequal or anterior slightly longer
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc symmetrical.
- Note
- One species, N. leucophylloides Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano
- Distribution
- Mexico, Hidalgo
- Ecology
- Open, calcareous hillside.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
Hawaii
- Lepechinia annae (Taub. ex Schwacke) Brade
- Lepechinia anomala Epling
- Lepechinia bella Epling
- Lepechinia betonicifolia (Lam.) Epling
- Lepechinia bullata (Kunth) Epling
- Lepechinia calycina (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling
- Lepechinia caulescens (Ortega) Epling
- Lepechinia chilensis (Molina) R.Morales
- Lepechinia cocuyensis J.R.I.Wood
- Lepechinia codon Epling
- Lepechinia conferta (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia dioica J.A.Hart
- Lepechinia flammea Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez
- Lepechinia floribunda (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia fragrans (Greene) Epling
- Lepechinia ganderi Epling
- Lepechinia glomerata Epling
- Lepechinia graveolens (Regel) Epling
- Lepechinia hastata (A.Gray) Epling
- Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling
- Lepechinia lamiifolia (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia lancifolia (Rusby) Epling
- Lepechinia leucophylloides (Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma
- Lepechinia marica Epling & Mathias
- Lepechinia mecistandrum (Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon
- Lepechinia mexicana (S.Schauer) Epling
- Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling
- Lepechinia mollis (Epling) Epling
- Lepechinia mutica (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia nelsonii (Fernald) Epling
- Lepechinia nubigena J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado
- Lepechinia paniculata (Kunth) Epling
- Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia rossii S.Boyd & Mistretta
- Lepechinia rufocampi Epling & Mathias
- Lepechinia salviae (Lindl.) Epling
- Lepechinia salviifolia (Kunth) Epling
- Lepechinia schiedeana (Schltdl.) Vatke
- Lepechinia scobina Epling
- Lepechinia speciosa (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia tomentosa (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia urbani (Briq.) Epling
- Lepechinia velutina J.R.I.Wood
- Lepechinia vesiculosa (Benth.) Epling
- Lepechinia vulcanicola J.R.I.Wood
- Lepechinia yecorana Henrickson, Fishbein & T.Van Devender
Lepechinia Willd. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Hort. Berol. 1: 20 (1804)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Alguelaguen Feuill. ex Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 505 (1763).
- Alguelagum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 511 (1891).
- Astemon Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1860: 38 (1860).
- Epling, Brittonia 6: 352-364 (1948)
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Hart, Ph.D. Diss., Harvard, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. (1983), rev.
- Lepechinia Willd, Hort. Berol 1: 21, t.21 (1803)
- Mahya Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 490 (1895).
- Phytoxis Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 145 (1810).
- Sphacele Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1289 (1829).
- Ulricia Jacq. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 862 (1821).
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