Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.

[2][3] The genus was first described by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier.

[3] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but mostly in the southern hemisphere.

[6] Lepicolea ochroleuca also belongs to the Gondwanaland flora with occurrences in South Africa, New Zealand and especially South America, reaching up to Mexico.

It was also found to contains a natural compound called Ligan,[5] and also Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids.