Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
salvia	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)
salvia blanca	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
aerial part		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
Flowers		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alguelagum clinopodiodes (Griseb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 512 (1891).
Alguelagum tenuiflorum (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 512 (1891).
Sphacele clinopodioides Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 273 (1879).
Sphacele meyenii (Walp.) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5): 767 (1960).
Sphacele tenuiflora Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 257 (1848).
Stachys meyenii Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 375 (1843).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lepechinia meyenii (Walpers) Epling	Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.