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Ocimum L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000026511.

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Synonyms of Ocimum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Becium Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28: t. 42 (1842) wfo-4000004290
Erythrochlamys Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 222 (1894) wfo-4000013980
Hyperaspis Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 975. 1903. wfo-4000018746

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ocimum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum atropurpureum Ten. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 202, nomen. 1841 wfo-0001352870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. bullatum (Lam.) Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. chamaeleonticum Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. minimum (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 (1866) wfo-1200012246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. pelvifolium Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. violaceum Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. violocrispum Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. viridicrispum Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum basilicum var. vulgare Alef. Landw. Fl. 114. 1866 wfo-1200018680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum bojeri Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 8 (1832) wfo-0000253235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum campestre Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes : 77 (1897) wfo-0000253245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum caryophyllatum Schweig. ex Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 55 (1822) wfo-0000253254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum cephalotes Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Cat. p. 86, sub n. 1563. wfo-0001352871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum chandra Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] p. 86, sub n. 1563. 1829 wfo-0001352872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum cinnamomeum Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 253 (1837) wfo-0000253263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum citronatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2720. 1831 wfo-0001352873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum comosum Hort.Dammann Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 14: 485 (1889) wfo-0000253274
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum cordifolium Bojer ex Loudon Hort. Brit. : 240 (1830) wfo-0000253277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum erlangeri Gürke ex Engl. Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1906, 741, nomen. wfo-0001352874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum flexuosum Blanco Fl. Filip. : 481 (1837) wfo-0000253320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum flexuosum Thunb. – — wfo-1200040256
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum formigense Reichardt Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 33: 321 (1884) wfo-0000253323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum glossophyllum Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 162 (1894) wfo-0000253334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum gratissimum var. macrophyllum Briq. – — wfo-1200037562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum herbaceum Roxb. Hort. Bengal. [95] nomen (Quid ?). wfo-0001352875
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum iringoense Ayob. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 58: 266 1962 — wfo-0001070011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum kunene Aysb. – — wfo-0001070022
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum lacerum ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2713. 1831 wfo-0001352876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum longiflorum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2727. 1831 wfo-0001352877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum menthifolium var. australe Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier sér. 2, 6: 827. 1906 wfo-1200018674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum nelsonii Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15(4): 333. 1841 [Aug 1841-Jan 1842] , nomen. wfo-0001352878
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum nutans J.Koenig ex Rottb. Pl. Hort. Univ. Rar. Prog. : 22 (1773) wfo-0000253439
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum ovatum Willd. ex Benth. – — wfo-1200040110
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum pilosum Roxb. – — wfo-1200040251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum pubescens Mill. ex Benth. – — wfo-1200040111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum purpurascens L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 108 (1912), nomen. wfo-0001250210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum rugosum Thunb. Syst. Nat. ed. 14 546. 1784 (1784) wfo-0000253493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum saccharoides Willd. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2728. 1831 wfo-0001352879
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum sanum Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 1823 — wfo-0001070153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum sebrabergensis Swanepoel & van Jaarsv. Phytotaxa 405(4): 204. 2019 wfo-1000033368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum selloi f. serratum Briq. – — wfo-1200037934
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum selloi f. subintegrifolium Briq. – — wfo-1200037933
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum serpyllifolium var. glabrius Benth. – — wfo-1200037563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum sideritidis J.Koenig ex Rottb. Pl. Hort. Univ. Rar. Prog. : 21 (1773) wfo-0000253514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum suffruticosum Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 709, sphalm. 1835 [Apr 1835] wfo-0001352880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum tenuiflorum Burm.f. Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 129. 1768 [1 Mar-6 Apr 1768] wfo-0001070119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum thoningii Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 269 1827 — wfo-0001246257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ocimum thonningii Schumach. & Thonn. – — wfo-1200040112