Basilicum

Life-forms

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: Basilicum
Species: B. polystachyon
Name

Basilicum Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 143 (1802)
Type species: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lumnitzera Jacq. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 687 (1825), nom. illeg.
Moschosma Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 171 (1828)
Perxo Raf., Autik. Bot.: 121 (1840)
Lehmannia Jacq. ex Jacq.f., Ecl. Pl. Rar. 2: t. 108. 1844, nom. illeg. non Spreng. (1817)

References

Moench, E. (1802) Supplementum ad Methodum Plantas : a staminum situ describendi 143.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Basilicum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Basilicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 26.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Basilicum. Published online. Accessed: June 26 2014.

Vernacular names
English: Thai Basil, Sweet Basil

Basilicum is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1802. It contains only one known species, Basilicum polystachyon, native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, India, China, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, etc.), New Guinea, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2005). Taxonomic Revision of the tribe Ocimeae Dumort (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60: 3-75.
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