Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:597. 1753
Verified:
11/21/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Darrah, H. H. 1974. Investigation of the cultivars of the basils (Ocimum). Econ. Bot. 28:67. Note: = Ocimum basilicum var. minimum
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Ocimum basilicum L.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Ocimum basilicum 'Minimum'
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Ocimum basilicum 'Minimum'
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Paton, A. & E. Putievsky. 1996. Taxonomic problems and cytotaxonomic relationships between and within varieties of Ocimum basilicum and related species (Labiatae). Kew Bull. 51:509-524.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
bush basil – Greek basil – Swedish
småbladig basilika –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | only cult. |
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | fide Econ Bot 28:63-67. 1974 | Darrah, H. H. 1974. Investigation of the cultivars of the basils (Ocimum). Econ. Bot. 28:67. Note: = Ocimum basilicum var. minimum |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70463.
Accessed 4 May 2025.