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December 2023

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Ocimum americanum L.

This species name was first published in Cent. Pl. I : 15 (1755) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000253211.

Synonyms of Ocimum americanum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ocimum album Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 15 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253210
Ocimum brachiatum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 833 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253236
Ocimum canum Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 (1823) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253248
Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth. Prodr. 12: 39 (1848) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253292
Ocimum dinteri Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 3: 980 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253296
Ocimum fluminense Vell. Fl. Flumin. 4: t. 11 (1829) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253321
Ocimum fruticulosum Burch. Trav. S. Africa 2: 264 (1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253330
Ocimum hispidulum Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 266 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253368
Ocimum incanescens Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 799 (1828) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253375
Ocimum serpyllifolium var. glabrior Benth. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 226 1837 wfo-0000253512
Ocimum stamineum Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 (1823) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253522
Ocimum thymoides Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 344 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000253544
Becium obovatum var. glabrior (Benth.) Cufod. Senckenberg. Biol. 43: 287 1962 wfo-0000323046
Ocimum canum var. integrifolium Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 267. 1888 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000915748
Ocimum americanum var. americanum wfo-0001070169