Ocimum gratissimum

Ocimum gratissimum

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. Gratissima
Subsectio: O. subsect. Gratissima
Species: Ocimum gratissimum
Subspecies: O. g. subsp. gratissimum – O. g. subsp. iringense
Varietas: O. g. var. macrophylla

Name

Ocimum gratissimum L., 1753

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu , Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Regional: China China Southeast Regional: Peninsular Arabia Yemen Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southestern Asia Cambodia, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Malaya,, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam Introduced into: Aruba, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cape Verde, Chad, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niger, Panamá, Queensland, Society Is., Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1197. Reference page. 

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. 
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocimum gratissimum 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 gratissimum. 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 gratissimum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocimum gratissimum. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocimum gratissimum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

eesti: Põõsasbasiilik
suomi: Pensasbasilika
русский: Базилик эвгенольный
Yorùbá: efinrin

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