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CCDBAngiospermsLamiaceaeOcimumOcimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.

6 chromosome counts in Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens 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. purpurascens Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   48@&4 IPCN online Ryding, O. 1994. Notes on the sweet basil and its wild relatives (Lamiaceae). Econ. Bot. 48: 65–67.
  Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   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. purpurascens 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. purpurascens Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   48 IPCN75-78 Pushpangadan et al. 1975
  Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth. Ocimum basilicum L.   72 C-values database Carovic-Stanko K, Liber Z, Besendorfer V, Javornik B, Bohanec B, Kolak I, Satovic Z. 2010. Genetic relations among basil taxa (Ocimum L.) based on molecular markers, nuclear DNA content, and chromosome number. Plant Systematics and Evolution 285: 13-22.