The genus <i>Ocimum L. (Lamiaceae)</i> in North-East Brazil

Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque; Laise de Holanda C. Andrade

doi:10.3989/ajbm.1998.v56.i1.219

The genus Ocimum L. (Lamiaceae) in North-East Brazil

Authors

Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque Departamento de Botánica, Centro de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pemambuco
Laise de Holanda C. Andrade Departamento de Botánica, Centro de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pemambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.1998.v56.i1.219

Keywords:

Lamiaceae, Ocimum, taxonomy, North-East Brazil, nutlets, seedlings

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the genus Ocimum L. from North-East Brazil, including native species, in addition to naturalized and cultivated species, is presented here. Attention is paid to morphological characters, both vegetative and reproductive, and the nutlets and seedlings of two problem species are emphasized. Seven species belonging to three sections are recognized: O. americanum L., O. basilicum L., O. gratissimum L., O. transamazonicum C. Pereira, O. minimum L. (sect. Ocimum), O. campechianum Mill. (sect. Gymnocimum) and O. tenuiflorum L. (sect. Hierocimum). The accepted species, with their most important synonyms, detailed description and geographical distribution are given, after the Identification keys. Morphological variety is also discussed, and illustrations are given of all species.

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1998-06-30

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de Albuquerque, U. P., & de Holanda C. Andrade, L. (1998). The genus Ocimum L. (Lamiaceae) in North-East Brazil. Anales Del Jardín Botánico De Madrid, 56(1), 43–64. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.1998.v56.i1.219

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Vol. 56 No. 1 (1998)

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