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Basilicum
Sign in to saveBasilicum 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.
Species
Sweet basil
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAngola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast
Observations17,191
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- MICH, A, CM, MO
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, China, Tanzania, Benin, Philippines, Nigeria
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- taxon name
- Basilicum
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
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