CHR 499152 – Ocimum basilicum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499152
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 January 1995
Database record updated:
27 August 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1994-01-14 (Verbatim: 14 Jan 1994)
Preferred name:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Lamiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rakahanga Village
Verbatim locality:
Rakahanga Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4460/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14 Jan 1994
Start date:
1994-01-14
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Waste area of coral sand. Wild.
Notes:
Bushy herbs, very aromatic (typical basil scent of tropical Polynesia). Leaves membranous, dull green. Corolla white, bilabiate; tube c. 5 mm long; upper lip c. 5 mm long, curving upwards, 4-lobed; lower lip c. 7 mm long, parallel to stamens and style, ± straight, spathulate; corolla tube hairy inside towards base. Calyx tube with dense ring of hairs near base. Filaments densely pilose below. Style glabrous.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln, Science Centre Campus.
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Notes:
Raised from seed collected in August 1993.
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