Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Lamiaceae Martinov
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
597
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Malabaria."
Domin, K. (September 1928) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1116
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2 :
210
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1987) , Native Plants of Queensland 3 :
230
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Lamiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
805-806, Fig. 247C
[secondary reference]
common name:
Holy Basil
[n/a]
common name:
Sacred Basil
[n/a]
Conn, B.J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Lamiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
805, Fig. 247C
[secondary reference]
common name:
Holy Basil
[n/a]
common name:
Sacred Basil
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
275
[secondary reference]
Bown, D. (2002) , New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses Edn. Revised :
292
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum sanctum L.
legitimate
common name:
Sacred Basil
[n/a]
common name:
Holy Basil
[n/a]
Western Australian Herbarium (2007) , FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5 :
-
[secondary reference]
Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007) , A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1) :
28, 30, Fig. 32 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum sanctum L.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ocymum sanctum L.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum sanctum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum caryophyllinum F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum anisodorum F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum sanctum var. angustifolium Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum tenuiflorum var. anisodorum ( F.Muell.) Domin
legitimate
APC Comment:
Ocimum tenuiflorum var. anisodorum is recognised as a distinct taxon in NT.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT, Qld
Conn, B.J. (11 August 2014) , Ocimum L. (Lamiaceae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Telopea 17 :
177-178, Fig. 6 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum sanctum L.
legitimate
Text:
"In Australia, it is only known with certainty, from the northern Torres Strait islands..."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27 :
13
[secondary reference]
Text:
"Excluded taxon. This taxon does not occur in WA."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ocymum sanctum L.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum sanctum L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ocimum santum B.J.Conn
orth. var.