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Ocimum americanum  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 517628

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ocimum canum Sims
  
  Common Name(s): American basil [English]
  
    hoary basil [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderLamiales   
                            FamilyLamiaceae  – mints, menthes  
                               GenusOcimum L. – basil  
                                  SpeciesOcimum americanum L. – American basil, hoary basil  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Lamiales of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Ocimum americanum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Ocimum americanum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Ocimum americanum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Paton, A., and E. Putievsky  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomic problems and cytotaxonomic relationships between and within varieties of Ocimum basilicum and related species (Labiatae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Kew Bulletin, vol. 51, no. 3   
  Page(s): 509-524   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0075-5974   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4117026   
  Reference for: Ocimum americanum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: See Paton & Putievsky (1996) for details on the confused nomenclature of several species of Ocimum  
 

 

    

 
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