Cultivated, Nepal
Ocimum basilicum

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Ociminae
Genus: Ocimum
Subgenus: O. subg. Ocimum
Sectio: O. sect. Ocimum
Species: Ocimum basilicum
Varieties: O. b. var. basilicum – O. b. var. minimum

Name

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Ocimum basilicum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 597 (1753).

Hybrids

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O. × africanum

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Ocimum odorum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 87 (1796), nom. superfl.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, China Southeast
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea
    • Regional: Australia
      • Queensland, Western Australia
    • Introduced into:
      • Angola, Bahamas, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Panamá, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Australia, South European Russi, Sudan, Tanzania, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Xinjiang, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page
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Vernacular names

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Ænglisc: Eorþmistel
aragonés: Albaca
العربية: ريحان
беларуская (тарашкевіца): Базылік
беларуская: Базілік
български: Босилек
bosanski: Bosiljak
català: Alfàbrega
čeština: Bazalka pravá
dansk: Basilikum
Deutsch: Basilikum
Ελληνικά: Βασιλικός
emiliàn e rumagnòl: Baśìlic
English: Sweet Basil
Esperanto: Bazilio
español: Albahaca
eesti: Vürtsbasiilik
euskara: Albaraka
فارسی: ریحان
suomi: Maustebasilika
français: Basilic
galego: Asubiote
עברית: ריחן
hrvatski: Bosiljak
hornjoserbsce: Bazlik
Kreyòl ayisyen: Bazilik
magyar: Bazsalikom
Bahasa Indonesia: Selasih
íslenska: Basilíka
italiano: Basilico
日本語: バジリコ
한국어: 바질
kurdî: Rihan
Latina: Basilicum
Lëtzebuergesch: Basilic
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Selasih
Napulitano: Vasenicola
Nederlands: Basilicum
norsk nynorsk: Basilikum
norsk: Basilikum
occitan: Basèli
polski: Bazylia pospolita
português: Alfavaca
română: Busuioc
русский: Базилик душистый
slovenčina: Bazalka pravá
slovenščina: Navadna bazilika
Gagana Samoa: Sauga
српски / srpski: Босиљак
svenska: Basilika
தமிழ்: கிராம்பு துளசி
ไทย: โหระพา
lea faka-Tonga: Taʻetaʻe
Türkçe: Fesleğen
reo tahiti: Miri
українська: Васильки справжні
Tiếng Việt: É
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Káu-chàn-thah
中文: 羅勒
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