Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum

Taxonavigation[edit]

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. obovatum

Name[edit]

Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth. subsp. obovatum

Synonyms[edit]

Heterotypic
- Becium choanum P.A.Duvign. & Plancke in ?.
- Ocimum striatum Hochst., Flora 28: 66 (1845).
- Ocimum affine Hochst. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 36 (1848).
- Ocimum hians Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 36 (1848).
- Ocimum hians var. macrocaulon Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 161 (1894).
- Ocimum hians var. microphyllum Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 161 (1894).
- Ocimum modestum Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 162 (1894).
- Ocimum schweinfurthii Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 160 (1894).
- Ocimum stuhlmannii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 196 (1894).
- Ocimum menyhartii Gürke, Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 556 (1898).
- Ocimum usaramense Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 79 (1898).
- Ocimum descampsii Briq., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 83 (1899).
- Ocimum heckmannianum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 472 (1900).
- Ocimum huillense Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 851 (1900).
- Ocimum knyanum var. astephanum Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 346 (1900).
- Ocimum roseoviolaceum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 471 (1900).
- Orthosiphon kirkii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 376 (1900).
- Ocimum pumilum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 172 (1906).
- Ocimum odontopetalum C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 54 (1907).
- Ocimum neumannii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 324 (1908).
- Becium obovatum var. hians (Benth.) N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 231 (1910).
- Ocimum mildbraedii Perkins in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 546 (1913).
- Ocimum affine var. bafingensis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 510 (1920).
- Ocimum ringoetii De Wild., Contr. Fl. Katanga: 181 (1921).
- Ocimum elskensii Robyns & Lebrun, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 16: 366 (1928).
- Becium schweinfurthii (Briq.) N.E.Br. ex Broun & Massey, Fl. Sudan: 357 (1929).
- Becium modestum (Briq.) G.Taylor, J. Bot. 69(Suppl. 2): 147 (1931).
- Becium ternatum G.Taylor, J. Bot. 69(Suppl. 2): 146 (1931).
- Becium affine (Hochst. ex Benth.) Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 367 (1932).
- Becium pumilum (Gürke) Chiov., Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 183 (1939).
- Becium neumannii (Gürke) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33(Suppl.): 850 (1963).
- Becium choanum var. longifolium Ayob., Etud. Rwandaises Sci. Nat. Appl. 1: 270 (1987).
- Becium obovatum var. macrocaulon (Briq.) Ayob., Etud. Rwandaises Sci. Nat. Appl. 1: 285 (1987).
- Becium obovatum var. modestum (Briq.) Ayob., Etud. Rwandaises Sci. Nat. Appl. 1: 285 (1987).
- Becium grandiflorum var. latifolium Sebald, Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A 437: 46 (1989).
- Becium grandiflorum var. stuhlmannii (Gürke) Sebald, Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A 437: 43 (1989).

Distribution[edit]

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, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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

Additional references[edit]

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[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocimum obovatum subsp. 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 subsp. 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 subsp. obovatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocimum obovatum subsp. obovatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names[edit]

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

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