Ocimum L.
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
- Becium Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28: t. 42 (1842)
- Erythrochlamys Gürke in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 222 (1894)
- Hyperaspis Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 975 (1903)
- Nautochilus Bremek. in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 15: 252 (1933)
Accepted Species
- Ocimum × africanum Lour.
- Ocimum albostellatum (Verdc.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum americanum L.
- Ocimum amicorum A.J.Paton
- Ocimum angustifolium Benth.
- Ocimum basilicum L.
- Ocimum burchellianum Benth.
- Ocimum campechianum Mill.
- Ocimum canescens A.J.Paton
- Ocimum carnosum (Spreng.) Link & Otto ex Benth.
- Ocimum caryophyllinum F.Muell.
- Ocimum centraliafricanum R.E.Fr.
- Ocimum circinatum A.J.Paton
- Ocimum coddii (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum cufodontii (Lanza) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum dambicola A.J.Paton
- Ocimum decumbens Gürke
- Ocimum dhofarense (Sebald) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum dolomiticola A.J.Paton
- Ocimum ellenbeckii Gürke
- Ocimum empetroides (P.A.Duvign.) ined.
- Ocimum ericoides (P.A.Duvign. & Plancke) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum filamentosum Forssk.
- Ocimum fimbriatum Briq.
- Ocimum fischeri Gürke
- Ocimum formosum Gürke
- Ocimum forskoelei Benth.
- Ocimum fruticosum (Ryding) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum grandiflorum Lam.
- Ocimum gratissimum L.
- Ocimum hirsutissimum (P.A.Duvign.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum irvinei J.K.Morton
- Ocimum jamesii Sebald
- Ocimum kenyense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton
- Ocimum kilimandscharicum Gürke
- Ocimum labiatum (N.E.Br.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.
- Ocimum masaiense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton
- Ocimum mearnsii (Ayob. ex Sebald) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum metallorum (P.A.Duvign.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum minutiflorum (Sebald) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum mitwabense (Ayob.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum monocotyloides (Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum motjaneanum McCallum & K.Balkwill
- Ocimum natalense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton
- Ocimum nudicaule Benth.
- Ocimum nummularia (S.Moore) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth.
- Ocimum ovatum Benth.
- Ocimum pseudoserratum (M.R.Ashby) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum pyramidatum (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum reclinatum (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum sebrabergensis Swanepoel & van Jaarsv.
- Ocimum serpyllifolium Forssk.
- Ocimum serratum (Schltr.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum spectabile (Gürke) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum spicatum Deflers
- Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
- Ocimum transamazonicum C.Pereira
- Ocimum tubiforme (R.D.Good) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum urundense Robyns & Lebrun
- Ocimum vandenbrandei (P.A.Duvign. & Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton
- Ocimum vanderystii (De Wild.) A.W.Hill
- Ocimum verticillifolium Baker
- Ocimum viphyense A.J.Paton
- Ocimum waterbergense (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton
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? |
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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
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
- Kew Bulletin
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- 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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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Plants and People Africa
- Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
- © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/