Ocimum americanum

Ocimum americanum

Ocimum americanum

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 americanum

Name

• Ocimum americanum L., Cent. Pl. 1: 15. 1755.

Hybrids

O. × africanum

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ocimum canum Sims, Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 (1823).
  • Ocimum stamineum Sims, Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2452 (1823).
  • Ocimum fruticulosum Burch., Trav. S. Africa 2: 264 (1824).
  • Ocimum brachiatum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 833 (1826).
  • Ocimum hispidulum Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 266 (1827).
  • Ocimum incanescens Mart., Reise Bras. 2: 799 (1828).
  • Ocimum fluminense Vell., Fl. Flumin. 4: t. 11 (1829).
  • Ocimum album Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 15 (1832).
  • Ocimum serpyllifolium var. glabrius Benth. in E.H.F.Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 226 (1837).
  • Ocimum dichotomum Hochst. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 39 (1848).
  • Ocimum canum var. integrifolium Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 267 (1888).
  • Ocimum thymoides Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 344 (1900).
  • Ocimum dinteri Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 980 (1903).
  • Becium obovatum var. glabrior (Benth.) Cufod., Senckenberg. Biol. 43: 287 (1962)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Honduras, Marianas, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1755. Centuria I. Plantarum. Upsaliae, exc. L.M. Höjer. BHL Reference page. : 15.

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. 
• Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Links

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

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Boesmansboegoe, Transvaal basielkruid, Wilde basielkruid, Bostee
العربية: حبق أمريكي
беларуская: Американски босилек
Deutsch: Amerikanisches Basilikum
English: Hairy basil, Hoary basil, Transvaal basil, Bush tea
eesti: Ameerika basiilik, Kampribasiilik
فارسی: حبق امريكى
हिन्दी: अरण्यतुलसी
hrvatski: Limunski bosiljak
한국어: 회바질
polski: Bazylia amerykańska
தமிழ்: நாய்த்துளசி
中文: 灰罗勒

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