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The genus Ocimum is in the family Lamiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ocimum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Ocimum × africanum Lour.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum albostellatum (Verdc.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum americanum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum amicorum A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum angustifolium Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum basilicum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum bojeri Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum burchellianum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum campechianum Mill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum campestre Rojas Acosta	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum canescens A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum carnosum (Spreng.) Link & Otto ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum caryophyllatum Schweigg. ex Schrank	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum centraliafricanum R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum cinnamomeum Bojer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum circinatum A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum citriodorum Vis.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum coddii (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum comosum Dammann	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum cufodontii (Lanza) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum dambicola A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum decumbens Gürke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum dhofarense (Sebald) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum dolomiticola A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum ellenbeckii Gürke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum ericoides (P.A.Duvign. & Plancke) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum filamentosum Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum fimbriatum Briq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	5
Ocimum fischeri Gürke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum flexuosum Blanco	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum formigense Reichardt	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum formosum Gürke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum forskolei Benth.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum forsskaolii Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum fruticosum (Ryding) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum glossophyllum Briq.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum grandiflorum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Ocimum gratissimum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum hirsutissimum (P.A.Duvign.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum iringoense Ayob.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum irvinei J.K.Morton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum jamesii Sebald	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum kenyense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum kilimandscharicum Gürke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum kunene Aysb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum labiatum (N.E.Br.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum masaiense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum mearnsii (Ayob. ex Sebald) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum metallorum (P.A.Duvign.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum minimum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum minutiflorum (Sebald) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum mitwabense (Ayob.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum monocotyloides (Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum motjaneanum McCallum & K.Balkwill	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum natalense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum nudicaule Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum nummularia (S.Moore) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum nutans J.Koenig ex Rottb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Ocimum ovatum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum pseudoserratum (M.R.Ashby) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum purpurascens L. ex B.D.Jacks.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum pyramidatum (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum reclinatum (S.D.Williams & M.Balkwill) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum rugosum Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum sanum Sims	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum serpyllifolium Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum serratum (Schltr.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum sideritidis J.Koenig ex Rottb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum somaliense Briq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum spectabile (Gürke) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum spicatum Deflers	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum tenuiflorum Burm. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum thoningii Thonn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Ocimum transamazonicum C.Pereira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum tubiforme (R.D.Good) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum urundense Robyns & Lebrun	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum vandenbrandei (P.A.Duvign. & Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum vanderystii (De Wild.) A.W.Hill	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum verticillifolium Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum vihpyense A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Ocimum waterbergense (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 327 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ocimum. Of these 66 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 91 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ocimum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 327 species names for the genus Ocimum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	66	20.2%
◕	Synonym	243	74.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	5.5%

All names

The status of the 418 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ocimum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	76	18.2%
◕	Synonym	324	77.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	4.3%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 13 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 327 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ocimum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	65	241	0	0	306	93.6%
	Medium confidence	1	1	0	0	2	0.6%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	18	19	5.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Ocimum is as follows: