Ocimum spectabile

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Genus Ocimum

Herbs, subshrubs , or shrubs , aromatic . Leaves petiolate , dentate . Verticillasters 6(-10) -flowered, in terminal , pedunculate thyrses or panicles; bracts early deciduous, petiolate, margin entire, rarely longer than flowers. Flowers white; pedicel straight, apex recurved. Calyx ovoid to campanulate , declined in fruit, glandular outside, glabrous or occasionally villous at throat inside, limb 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed, middle tooth circular to obovate , margin winged, decurrent, lateral teeth shorter; lower lip 2 toothed , teeth narrower, apex acuminate to spinescent , sometimes approximate . Corolla tube slightly shorter than calyx or rarely exserted, not hairy annulate inside, dilated , obliquely campanulate at throat; limb 2-lipped, upper lip subequally (3- or) 4-lobed; lower lip somewhat elongated or not, declined, margin entire, flat or slightly concave . Stamens 4, exserted, declined on lower corolla lip, anterior 2 longer; filaments free or anterior 2 connate at base ; anthers ovoid-reniform, 1-locellate. Style longer than stamens, 2-cleft at apex; lobes subequal , subulate or flat. Nutlets ovoid or subglobose, smooth or glandular foveolate, viscid when moist, with a white basal areola.

About 100-150 species: temperate regions worldwide, especially in Africa and South America; five species in China.[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Asteridae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lamianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Lamiales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Labiatae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Nepetoideae ()
        Tribe: Ocimeae ()
        Subtribe: Ociminae ()
        Genus: Ocimum () - C. Linnaeus, 1753 - Basil
        Specific epithet: spectabile - (Gürke) A.J.Paton
        Botanical name: - Ocimum spectabile (Gürke) A.J.Paton

Synonyms

Erythrochlamys spectabilis Gürke

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9515038
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15539467
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008971-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3478219

Footnotes

"Ocimum". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 296. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

Ocimum spectabile

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