Basilicum

Basilicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Ocimeae
Genus:	Basilicum; Moench
Species:	B. polystachyon
Binomial name
	Basilicum polystachyon; (L.) Moench
Synonyms
	Lumnitzera Jacq. ex Spreng. 1825 not Willd. 1803; Moschosma Rchb.; Perxo Raf.; Lehmannia Jacq. ex Jacq.f. 1844 not Spreng. 1817 nor Tratt. 1824; Ocimum polystachyon L.; Ocimum moschatum Salisb.; Lumnitzera polystachyon (L.) J.Jacq. ex Spreng.; Moschosma polystachyon (L.) Benth.; Perxo polystachyon (L.) Raf.; Plectranthus parviflorus R.Br. 1810 not Willd. 1806 nor Spreng. 1806 nor Gürke 1898; Plectranthus micranthus Spreng.; Ocimum dimidiatum Schumach. & Thonn.; Moschosma dimidiatum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.; Lehmannia ocymoidea Jacq. ex Steud.; Ocimum tashiroi Hayata;

Basilicum is a genus of plants in the family 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.^{[improper synthesis?]}^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Bernard, Peyre De Fabrègues; Jean-Pierre, Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maisons-Alfort: GERDAT-IEMVT. OCLC 1366597430.^{[page needed]}
^ Brunel, J. F.; Hiepko, Paul; Scholz, H., eds. (1984). Flore analytique du Togo: phanérogames. Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem. ISBN 978-3-921800-18-8.^{[page needed]}
^ Lebrun, Jean-Pierre (1991). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Editions Quae. ISBN 978-2-85985-173-6.^{[page needed]}
^ Silva, Mário Calane da; Izidine, Samira; Amude, Ana Bela (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique. SABONET. ISBN 978-1-919976-12-9.^{[page needed]}
^ 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.
^ Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
^ Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
^ Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
^ Beentje, H. J. (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-520-2.^{[page needed]}
^ Lejoly, Jean; Ndjele, Mianda-Bungi; Geerinck, Daniel (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). D.J.P. de Blaay. OCLC 665073619.^{[page needed]}
^ Timberlake, J. R.; Martins, E. S.; Diniz, Maria Adé lia; Kok, Rogier P. J. De (2013). Flora Zambesiaca Volume 8 Part 8: Labiatae, Pogostemonoideae to Nepetoideae Tribe Mentheae. Kew Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84246-196-9.^{[page needed]}
^ Das, Sumanta; Sultana, Kaniz Wahida; Chandra, Indrani (April 2023). "In vitro propagation, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench (Lamiaceae): A short review". South African Journal of Botany. 155: 178–186. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2023.02.009.

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[rath-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Bernard, Peyre De Fabrègues; Jean-Pierre, Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maisons-Alfort: GERDAT-IEMVT. OCLC 1366597430.^{[page needed]}

[3] Brunel, J. F.; Hiepko, Paul; Scholz, H., eds. (1984). Flore analytique du Togo: phanérogames. Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem. ISBN 978-3-921800-18-8.^{[page needed]}

[4] Lebrun, Jean-Pierre (1991). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Editions Quae. ISBN 978-2-85985-173-6.^{[page needed]}

[5] Silva, Mário Calane da; Izidine, Samira; Amude, Ana Bela (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique. SABONET. ISBN 978-1-919976-12-9.^{[page needed]}

[6] 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.

[7] Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.

[8] Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[9] Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

[10] Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

[11] Beentje, H. J. (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-520-2.^{[page needed]}

[12] Lejoly, Jean; Ndjele, Mianda-Bungi; Geerinck, Daniel (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). D.J.P. de Blaay. OCLC 665073619.^{[page needed]}

[13] Timberlake, J. R.; Martins, E. S.; Diniz, Maria Adé lia; Kok, Rogier P. J. De (2013). Flora Zambesiaca Volume 8 Part 8: Labiatae, Pogostemonoideae to Nepetoideae Tribe Mentheae. Kew Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84246-196-9.^{[page needed]}

[14] Das, Sumanta; Sultana, Kaniz Wahida; Chandra, Indrani (April 2023). "In vitro propagation, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench (Lamiaceae): A short review". South African Journal of Botany. 155: 178–186. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2023.02.009.

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