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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
Ocimum × africanum Lour.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum albostellatum (Verdc.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum americanum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum amicorum A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum angustifolium Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum basilicum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum burchellianum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum campechianum Mill.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum canescens A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum carnosum (Spreng.) Link & Otto ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum centraliafricanum R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum circinatum A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum coddii (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum cufodontii (Lanza) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum dambicola A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum decumbens Gürke	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum dhofarense (Sebald) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum dolomiticola A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum ellenbeckii Gürke	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum empetroides (P.A.Duvign.) ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum ericoides (P.A.Duvign. & Plancke) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum filamentosum Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum fimbriatum Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum fischeri Gürke	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum formosum Gürke	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum forsskaolii Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum fruticosum (Ryding) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum grandiflorum Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum gratissimum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum heckmannianum Gürke	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum hirsutissimum (P.A.Duvign.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum irvinei J.K.Morton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum jamesii Sebald	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum kenyense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum kilimandscharicum Gürke	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum labiatum (N.E.Br.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum masaiense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum mearnsii (Ayob. ex Sebald) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum menthifolium Hochst. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum metallorum (P.A.Duvign.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum minimum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum minutiflorum (Sebald) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum mitwabense (Ayob.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum monocotyloides (Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum motjaneanum McCallum & K.Balkwill	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum natalense Ayob. ex A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum nudicaule Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum nummularia (S.Moore) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum obovatum E.Mey. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum ovatum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum pseudoserratum (M.R.Ashby) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum pyramidatum (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum reclinatum (S.D.Williams & M.Balkwill) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum serpyllifolium Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum serratum (Schltr.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum somaliense Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum spectabile (Gürke) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum spicatum Deflers	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum tenuiflorum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum transamazonicum C.Pereira	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum tubiforme (R.D.Good) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum urundense Robyns & Lebrun	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum vandenbrandei (P.A.Duvign. & Plancke ex Ayob.) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum vanderystii (De Wild.) A.W.Hill	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum verticillifolium Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum vihpyense A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP
Ocimum waterbergense (S.D.Williams & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 333 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ocimum. Of these 68 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 44 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 333 species names for the genus Ocimum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	68	20.4%
◕	Synonym	241	72.4%
◕	Unplaced	18	5.4%
◕	Unassessed	6	1.8%

All names

The status of the 377 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ocimum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	81	21.5%
◕	Synonym	271	71.9%
◕	Unplaced	18	4.8%
◕	Unassessed	7	1.9%

Of these names,

• 12 are recorded as invalid
• 16 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 333 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ocimum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	68	235	0	0	303	91.0%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	1.2%
	Low confidence	0	2	18	6	26	7.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ocimum, are as follows: