Ocimum americanum L., 1755

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 696-717 : 696

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Ocimum americanum Linnaeus View in CoL , Centuria I Plantarum: 15. 1755.

"Habitat in America. Miller." RCN: 4338.

Lectotype (Morton in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 58: 234. 1962): Herb. Linn. No. 749.9 ( LINN) . - Epitype (Paton & Putievsky in Kew Bull. 51: 513. 1996): India. Kerala, 10 Nov 1972, Pushpangadan & Sobti 1 (K; iso- Regional Research Lab., Jammu).

Current name: Ocimum americanum L. View in CoL View at ENA ( Lamiaceae ).

Note: Generic name spelled “Ocymum” in the protologue. See comments by Paton & Putievsky (in Kew Bull. 51: 511. 1996) on the difficulty of identifying the type, which led them to designate an epitype.