Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 597 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 259 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(25): 46 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 100 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ocymum Mill. orth. var.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 387 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora: 380 [secondary reference]

• Type: Ocimum basilicum L.

Conn, B.J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 805 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (1993), Lamiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 370-371 [secondary reference]

Bown, D. (2002), New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses Edn. Revised: 290 [secondary reference]

common name: Basil [n/a]

Harley, R.M., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A.L., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R., Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Labiatae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 260, Fig. 20C,L,Q, 29 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 594-595 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Ocymum Mill. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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