CHR 516422 – Ocimum basilicum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516422
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 June 1998
Database record updated:
21 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-02 (Verbatim: 2 May 1995)
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:
Aitutaki, Arutanga
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Arutanga
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4752/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Waste place near house, in light shade.
Notes:
Bushy herb c. 50 cm high, very aromatic. Inflorescence dull purple, including calyx c. 5 mm long with acuminate teeth. Corolla white (lower lip) or pink (upper lip), c. 10 mm to apex of former. Style and stamens lying above lower lip, former pink below stigma lobes.
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