Nomenclature: wfo-0000253230
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Ocimum basilicum Sp. Pl. : 597 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. 2: 597. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000347122: Burtt-Davy, J. [5288] South Africa Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000897353: Wallich, N. [s.n.] Malaysia Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001116887: Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2713] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001116888: s.coll. [Cat. no. 2713] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001116889: s.coll. [Cat. no. 2713] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K001116890: s.coll. [Cat. no. 2713] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 452874-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-136820
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-136820
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2022-12 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Code > Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Ocimum > Ocimum basilicum
Synonyms
- Ocimum album
- Ocimum anisatum
- Ocimum barrelieri
- Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum
- Ocimum bullatum
- Ocimum caryophyllatum
- Ocimum chevalieri
- Ocimum ciliare
- Ocimum ciliatum
- Ocimum citrodorum
- Ocimum cochleatum
- Ocimum dentatum
- Ocimum hispidum
- Ocimum integerrimum
- Ocimum lanceolatum
- Ocimum laxum
- Ocimum majus
- Ocimum medium
- Ocimum minus
- Ocimum nigrum
- Ocimum odorum
- Ocimum scabrum
- Ocimum simile
- Ocimum thyrsiflorum
- Ocimum urticifolium
- Plectranthus barrelieri
- Ocimum basilicum var. album
- Ocimum basilicum var. majus
- Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum
- Ocimum basilicum var. difforme
- Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens
- Ocimum basilicum var. densiflorum
- Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum
Taxonomic References
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-136820 Based on the initial data import