Ocimum × africanum

Ocimum × africanum

Ocimum × africanum

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. Ocimum
Nothospecies: Ocimum × africanum

Name

• Ocimum × africanum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 370. 1790.
  • Formula hybridae: Ocimum americanum L. × Ocimum basilicum L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ocimum × pilosum Willd., Enum. Pl.: 629 (1809).
  • Ocimum × pilosum Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 173 (1810), nom. illeg.
  • Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13 (1830).
  • Ocimum basilicum var. anisatum Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 4 (1832).
  • Ocimum × citriodorum Vis., Index Seminum (PAD, Patavium) 1840: 9 (1840).
  • Ocimum × graveolens A.Br., Flora 24: 265 (1841).
  • Ocimum × petitianum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 176 (1850).
  • Ocimum americanum var. pilosum (Willd.) A.J.Paton, Kew Bull. 47: 426 (1992).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Africa Cameroon Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southwestern Asia Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Sri Lanka Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Introduced into: Brazil Northeast, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 370.

Additional references

• 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.
• Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocimum × africanum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ocimum × africanum. 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 × africanum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocimum × africanum. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Lemon basil, hoary basil

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