Lamiaceae
Ocimum

Ocimum × africanum Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch.: 370 (1790)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. The hybrid formula is O. americanum × O. basilicum.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Brazil Northeast, Guatemala, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). file:///C:/Users/rg02kg/Downloads/7790-19423-1-PB.pdf. epublication.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harley, R.M. (2012). Checklist and key of genera and species of the Lamiaceae of the Brazilian Amazon. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 63: 129-144.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2005). Taxonomic Revision of the tribe Ocimeae Dumort (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60: 3-75.
  • van Proosdij, A.S.J. (2012). Arnoldo's Zakflora, ed. 4: 1-318. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Ocimum americanum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). file:///C:/Users/rg02kg/Downloads/7790-19423-1-PB.pdf. epublication.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harley, R.M. (2012). Checklist and key of genera and species of the Lamiaceae of the Brazilian Amazon. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 63: 129-144.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2005). Taxonomic Revision of the tribe Ocimeae Dumort (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60: 3-75.
  • van Proosdij, A.S.J. (2012). Arnoldo's Zakflora, ed. 4: 1-318. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Cochinch.: 370 (1790)
  • K.B. 60: 28(2005).
  • Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 24 (2): 343 (1935)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Leandri [238], Madagascar K000735028 No
Jan 1, 2010 Madulid, D.A. [27331], Philippines K000897243 No
Forman, L.L. [404], Indonesia K000897316 No
Horsfield, T. [126], Indonesia K000897315 No
Merrill, E.D. [437], Philippines K000897246 No
s.coll. [126], Indonesia K000897317 No
Savinierre, E. de la [822], Indonesia K000897318 No
Fraser, M. [39], Malaysia K000897320 No
Talmy [76], Vietnam K000911679 neotype Yes
Kadir [A2792], Malaysia K000897319 No
Williams, R.S. [2709], Philippines K000897245 No
Floyd, A. [3509], Papua New Guinea K000897226 No
Petit [s.n.], Ethiopia K000347084 isotype Yes
Eyma, P.J. [1747], Indonesia K000897321 No
Romero, E.M. [29066], Philippines K000897244 No
Millar, A.N. [NGF35445], Papua New Guinea Ocimum × citriodorum K000897225 No
Wallich, N. [s.n.], India Ocimum × citriodorum K000911682 Yes
Bateson, G. [55], Papua New Guinea Ocimum × citriodorum K000897224 No
da Silva, M. [2842], Angola Ocimum americanum var. pilosum K001008732 Yes
Barbosa, G. [9904], Angola Ocimum americanum var. pilosum K001008734 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.], Angola Ocimum americanum var. pilosum K001008736 Yes
Barbosa, G. [10112], Angola Ocimum americanum var. pilosum K001008735 Yes
Borges, A. [403], Angola Ocimum americanum var. pilosum K001008733 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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