Ocimum × africanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Ocimum × africanum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 370 (1790).
- Formula hybridae: Ocimum americanum L. × Ocimum basilicum L.

Heterotypic
- Ocimum × pilosum Willd., Enum. Pl.: 629 (1809).
- Ocimum × pilosum Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 173 (1810), nom. illeg.
- Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 13 (1830).
- Ocimum basilicum var. anisatum Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 4 (1832).
- Ocimum × citriodorum Vis., Index Seminum (PAD, Patavium) 1840: 9 (1840).
- Ocimum × graveolens A.Br., Flora 24: 265 (1841).
- Ocimum × petitianum A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 176 (1850).
- Ocimum americanum var. pilosum (Willd.) A.J.Paton, Kew Bull. 47: 426 (1992).

Native distribution areas:

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Continental: Africa
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Guatemala.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Netherlands Antilles.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast.

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page.

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.
Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocimum africanum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Ocimum × africanum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Ocimum × africanum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocimum × africanum. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.

English: Lemon basil, hoary basil

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