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CCDBAngiospermsLamiaceaeOcimumOcimum × africanum Lour.

3 chromosome counts in Ocimum × africanum Lour.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Ocimum americanum var. pilosum (Willd.) A. J. Paton Ocimum × africanum Lour.   48@&6 IPCN online Ryding, O. 1994. Notes on the sweet basil and its wild relatives (Lamiaceae). Econ. Bot. 48: 65–67.
  Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth. Ocimum × africanum Lour.   48 IPCN online Thoppil, J. E. & J. Jose. 1994. Infraspecific genetic control of major essential oil constituents in Ocimum basilicum Linn. Nucleus (Calcutta) 37(1,2): 30–33.
  Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willd.) Benth. Ocimum × africanum Lour.   68 IPCN online Cherian, M. & P. I. Kuriachan. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXII. Taxon 30: 707 –708.