Lepechiniella Explained

Lepechiniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The genus name of Lepechiniella is in honour of Ivan Lepyokhin (1740–1802), a Russian naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer.^[2] It was first described and published in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS Vol.19 on page 713 in 1953.

Known species

According to Kew:

• Lepechiniella alatavica
• Lepechiniella austrodshungarica
• Lepechiniella fursei
• Lepechiniella korshinskyi
• Lepechiniella lasiocarpa
• Lepechiniella michaelis
• Lepechiniella microcarpa
• Lepechiniella minuta
• Lepechiniella omphaloides
• Lepechiniella persica
• Lepechiniella sarawschanica
• Lepechiniella saurica
• Lepechiniella ulacholica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lepechiniella Popov Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.