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CCDB → Angiosperms → Lamiaceae → Ocimum → Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth.

3 chromosome counts in Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   48 IPCN online Pushpangadan, P. & S. N. Sobti. 1982. Cytogenetical studies in the genus Ocimum I. Origin of O. americanum cytotaxonomical and experimental proof. Cytologia 47: 575–583.
!   Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   48 IPCN online Pushpangadan, P., S. N. SOBTI & R. Khan. 1975. Karyomorphological studies in the genus Ocimum I. Basilicum group. Nucleus 18: 177–182.
!   Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   48 IPCN75-78 Pushpangadan et al. 1975