Ocimum basilicum

Cultivated, Nepal

Ocimum basilicum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Hybrids

O. × africanum

Synonyms

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

Distribution

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

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 597. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocimum basilicum 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 basilicum. 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 basilicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocimum basilicum. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocimum basilicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

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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