Ocimum obovatum

Ocimum obovatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Ociminae
Genus: Ocimum
Subgenus: O. subg. Ocimum
Sectio: O. sect. Hiantia
Sectio: O. ser. Hiantia
Species: Ocimum obovatum
Subspecies: O. o. subsp. cordatum – O. o. subsp. crystallinum – O. o. subsp. galpinii – O. o. subsp. obovatum

Name

Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth., 1832

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Becium obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 230 (1910).
  • Becium grandiflorum var. obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Sebald, Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A 437: 29 (1989).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Africa Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Togo Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meyer, E.H.F., 1832. Labiatarum Genera et Species 13.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocimum obovatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ocimum obovatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ocimum obovatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocimum obovatum. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocimum obovatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Katsnor
العربية: حبق بيضاوي
English: Cat's whiskers
isiZulu: iDada, iZiba, uFukuzela, uMathanjane

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