Linnaeus, C. (October 1771), Mantissa Plantarum Altera [2]: 567 [tax. nov.]

• Type: India. Linnean Herbarium 749: 15 right-hand specimen

Moench, C. (1802), Supplementum ad Methodum Plantas: 143 [basionym]

basionym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

Bentham, G. in Wallich, N. (20 December 1830), Synopsis of the genera and species of Indian Labiatae enumerated in the catalogue of the collections in Dr. Wallich's charge. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 2(5): 13 [basionym]

basionym of: Moschosma polystachyum (L.) Benth. legitimate

Keng, W. (1978), Labiatae. Flora Malesiana Series I 8(3): 366 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

Haegi, L.A.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Labiatae (Lamiaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 312 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 393 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 803 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 112 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ocymum polystachyon L. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench legitimate

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