CHR 516859 – Ocimum basilicum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516859
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 August 1998
Database record updated:
27 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ocimum basilicum L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-07 (Verbatim: 7 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 4959/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
7 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-07
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Long abandoned dwelling site, hard coral outcrop.
Notes:
Shrubs 30-50 cm high, the larger ones quite bushy, strongly aromatic (basil-scented). Inflorescence main axis and upper side of calyx purplish. Corolla c. 9 mm long to apex of straight lower lip, white or very pale pink at late anthesis; upper lip c. 4 mm long, wide, with 4 rounded lobes. Filaments white. Style mauve. A number of adventive plants.
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