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December 2023

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Ocimum basilicum L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 597 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000253230.

Synonyms of Ocimum basilicum L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ocimum album L. Mant. Pl. 1: 85 (1767) wfo-0000253209
Ocimum anisatum hort. ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 4 (1832) wfo-0000253217
Ocimum barrelieri Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 278 (1821) wfo-0000253228
Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 5. 1832 wfo-0000253232
Ocimum bullatum Lam. Encycl. 1: 384 (1785) wfo-0000253240
Ocimum caryophyllatum Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 16 (1832) wfo-0000253255
Ocimum chevalieri Briq. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 279 (1917) wfo-0000253258
Ocimum ciliare B.Heyne ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 608 (1885) wfo-0000253259
Ocimum ciliatum Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. : 565 (1815) wfo-0000253260
Ocimum citrodorum Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2 : 591 (1845) wfo-0000253266
Ocimum cochleatum Desf. Tabl. École Bot. : 220 (1804) wfo-0000253267
Ocimum dentatum Moench Methodus : 413 (1794) wfo-0000253288
Ocimum hispidum Lam. Encycl. 1: 384 (1785) wfo-0000253370
Ocimum integerrimum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 162 (1800) wfo-0000253379
Ocimum lanceolatum Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 268 (1827) wfo-0000253393
Ocimum laxum Vahl ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 5 (1832) wfo-0000253395
Ocimum majus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. : t. 418a (1764) wfo-0000253400
Ocimum medium Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 3 (1768) wfo-0000253405
Ocimum minus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. : t. 418b (1764) wfo-0000253416
Ocimum nigrum Thouars ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 5 (1832) wfo-0000253436
Ocimum odorum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 87 (1796) wfo-0000253449
Ocimum scabrum Wight ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 608 (1885) wfo-0000253500
Ocimum simile N.E.Br. Fl. Cap. 5(1): 234 (1910) wfo-0000253515
Ocimum thyrsiflorum L. Mant. Pl. 1: 84 (1767) wfo-0000253545
Ocimum urticifolium hort. ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 5 (1832) wfo-0000253558
Plectranthus barrelieri Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 691 (1825) wfo-0000275255
Ocimum basilicum var. album (L.) Benth. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13. 1830 wfo-0000619652
Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13. 1830 wfo-0000619654
Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum Benth. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13. 1830 wfo-0000619655
Ocimum basilicum var. difforme Benth. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13. 1830 wfo-0000619656
Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13. 1830 wfo-0000619657
Ocimum basilicum var. densiflorum Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 5. 1832 wfo-0000619659
Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum wfo-0001070120