Lamiaceae

Ocimum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 597 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Aruba, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Christmas I., Cook Is., East Aegean Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Illinois, Kazakhstan, Line Is., Marquesas, Mongolia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New York, Niue, Primorye, Romania, Samoa, Society Is., South Australia, South European Russi, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Ukraine, Wallis-Futuna Is., Xinjiang

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 334.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Paton & al. in Holm & Hiltunen, Medicinal and aromatic plants - industrial profiles: 1–38 (1999).
  • Paton in Kew Bull. 47: 403–435 (1992)
  • Paton in Kew Bull. 50: 199–242 (1995)
  • Sebald in Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A 419: 1–74 (1988)
  • Sebald in Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A 437: 1–63 (1989)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 259 (1754)
  • Holm & Hiltunen, Ocimum: 1–38 (1999)
  • K.B. 49: 403–435 (1992)
  • K.B. 60: 24–31(2005)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 260 (2004)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 597 (1753)
  • Sp. Pl.: 597 (1753)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Becium Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28: t. 42 (1842).
  • Erythrochlamys Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 222 (1894).
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 259 (1754)
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Hyperaspis Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier, II, 3: 975 (1903).
  • Nautochilus Bremek., Ann. Transvaal Mus. 15: 252 (1933).
  • Ocimum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 597 (1753)
  • Orthosiphon sect. Serrati Ashby (1938).
  • Orthosiphon subgenus Nautochilus (Brem.) L.E.Codd (1964).
  • Paton, Harley & Harley in Holm & Hiltunen (eds.). Ocimum. Medicinal and Aromatic plants - industrial profiles: 1-38 (1999), Harwood Academic, Amsterdam, rev.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Branderhorst, B. [240], Indonesia K000897208 No
Mann, E.B. [NGF43339], Papua New Guinea K000897209 No
Craven, L.A. [1412], Papua New Guinea K000897210 No
Troupin, G. [4805], Rwanda Becium 1232.000 No
Ash [985], Ethiopia Becium 37006.000 No
Ash [772], Ethiopia Becium 37007.000 No

Sources

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    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Kew Bulletin
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
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