Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Lamiales > Family Lamiaceae > Genus Ocimum

Ocimum basilicum L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OcimumL.accepted genus name
Becium Lindl. heterotypic synonym
Erythrochlamys Gürke heterotypic synonym
Hyperaspis Briq. heterotypic synonym
Nautochilus Bremek. heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Ocimum album L. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum anisatum Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum barrelieri Roth heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. album (L.) Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. densiflorum Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. difforme Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum bullatum Lam. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum caryophyllatum Roxb. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum chevalieri Briq. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum ciliare B. Heyne ex Hook. f. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum ciliatum Hornem. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum citrodorum Blanco heterotypic synonym
Ocimum cochleatum Desf. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum dentatum Moench heterotypic synonym
Ocimum hispidum Lam. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum integerrimum Willd. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum lanceolatum Schumach. & Thonn. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum laxum Vahl ex Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum majus Garsault heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Ocimum medium Mill. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum minus Garsault heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Ocimum nigrum Thouars ex Benth. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum odorum Salisb. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum scabrum Wight ex Hook. f. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum simile N. E. Br. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum thyrsiflorum L. heterotypic synonym
Ocimum urticifolium Benth. heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Plectranthus barrelieri (Roth) Spreng. heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: albaca; alpaca; aufadega sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Catalan: albahaca; alfábaga; alfábega; alfàbega; alfabeguera; alfàbiga; alfábrega; alfàbrega; alfábrega de fulla ampla; alfabreguera; alfalga; aufàbia; aufàbrega; enfalga; herba del mal prenyat sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Dutch: Basilicum sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Sweet Basil sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: albacá; albahaka; albaka; albaraka; brazilla sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: albaca; albayaca; albeaca sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Majorcan: alfabaguera de fulla grossa; alfábega; alfàbega; alfabeguera; aufabaguera; aufábega; aufabeguera; aufadega sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Portuguese: alfádega; alphabaca; alphavaca; basilicâo; basilicó; basílico; basilisco; mageriçao maior; mangeriçao maior; mangueriçao; manjericâo; manjericâo-grande; manjeriçaon; manjerico-de-folha-grande; ocymo sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: alabega; alábega; alábega de la India; albaca; albadaca; albafega; albahaca; albahaca basta; albahaca común; albahaca de clavo; albahaca de hoja ancha; albahaca de hoja grande; albahaca fina; albahaca hueca; albahaca limón; albahaca morada; albahaca moruna; albahaca real; albahaca rizada; albahaca romana; albahaquero; albehaca; alhabega; alhábega; alhávega; alpaca; hierba señora sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: basilika
 Turkish: Feslegen; Reyhan
 Valencian: alfábega; alfàbega; alfádega; alfàdega; fàbega

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ocimum basilicum L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=7AC3755E-30E5-4B10-B2B9-948CCB2A2454

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