Ocimum obovatum

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. Hiantia
Sectio: O. ser. Hiantia
Species: Ocimum obovatum
Subspecies: O. o. subsp. cordatum – O. o. subsp. crystallinum – O. o. subsp. galpinii – O. o. subsp. obovatum

Name

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Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth., 1832

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Becium obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 230 (1910).
    • Becium grandiflorum var. obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Sebald, Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A 437: 29 (1989).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Togo
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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
  • 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.
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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Katsnor
العربية: حبق بيضاوي
English: Cat's whiskers
isiZulu: iDada, iZiba, uFukuzela, uMathanjane
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