''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...

. Its native range is

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and Western

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, to

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

(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. 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'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella michaelis ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella microcarpa ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ) ...

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Lepechiniella minuta ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella omphaloides ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella persica ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella sarawschanica ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella saurica ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

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Lepechiniella ulacholica ''Lepechiniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its native range is Iran and Western Himalaya, to Xinjiang (in China). It is also found in the countries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Taji ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1031979 Boraginoideae Boraginaceae genera Plants described in 1953 Flora of Iran Flora of Central Asia Flora of Afghanistan Flora of Pakistan Flora of West Himalaya