Is it not *Ocimum basilicum *var. *pilosum*? http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3245&flora_id=2
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The key I find is confusing for lack of formatting. I am reproducing after > formatting. I also notice that First lead is redundant (atleast for SE Asian > species) unless the key is only a part of original key and all SE Asian > species share the common features of distinct teeth of lateral calyx lobes, > deltoid or lanceolate in shape and bract without bowl-like gland > developing. > > * * > > Key to continental SE Asian species of Ocimum > > 1. Teeth of lateral fruiting calyx lobes distinct, deltoid or lanceolate; > bract without bowl-like gland > developing > 2. Throat of fruiting calyx closed by the upcurved 2 median teeth > of anterior lip, anterior much > shorter than posterior; mostly shrubs or undershrubs > ........................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1. 0. gratissimum > 2. Throat of fruiting calyx open, the 2 median teeth of anterior > lip as long as or longer than posterior; > mostly herbs with stems woody at base > 3. Calyx tube glabrous or thinly covered with minute > glandular hairs inside; nutlets unchanged > when wet > ................................................................................................ > 2. 0.tenuiflorum > 3. Calyx tube with a ring of hairs at throat inside; > nutlets producing > mucilage when wet > 4. Flower with pedicel nearly as long as calyx; > appendage of posterior > stamens hairy > ................................................................................ > 3. 0. kilimandscharicum > 4. Flower with pedicel much shorter than calyx; > appendage of posterior > stamens glabrous > 5. Fruiting calyx up to 5 mm long; corolla > 4 - 5.5 mm long > 6. Fruiting calyx 2 - 3 mm long; stem > internodes with short adpressed > or retrose hairs > .................................................................. 4. 0. > americanum > > 6. Fruiting calyx 4 - 5.5 mm long; > stem internodes with long, > spreading and sometimes > retrorse hairs ............................. 5. 0. africanum > 5. Fruiting calyx 6 - 8 mm long; corolla 7 > - 8 mm long ...... ............... 6. 0. basilicum > > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks for reproducing this key. It would really help in fixing our >> specimens of Ocimum. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:24 PM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Confusion....!! but I will definitely check the internode hair >>> characters as provided in the key. your say is that its an hybrid. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> On 5/24/11, Plant Diversity <a.cul...@reading.ac.uk> wrote: >>> > The plant is probably O. africanum possibly backcrossed with O. >>> > basilicum (see key from Taxonomic Revision of Tribe Ocimeae Dumort. >>> > (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia III. Ociminae Author(s): S. >>> > Suddee, A. J. Paton, J. A. N. Parnell Source: Kew Bulletin, Vol. 60, >>> > No. 1 (2005), pp. 3-75 >>> > >>> > Key to continental SE Asian species of Ocimum >>> > 1. Teeth of lateral fruiting calyx lobes distinct, deltoid or >>> > lanceolate; bract without bowl-like gland >>> > developing >>> > 2. Throat of fruiting calyx closed by the upcurved 2 median teeth of >>> > anterior lip, anterior much >>> > shorter than posterior; mostly shrubs or >>> > undershrubs ........................ 1. 0. gratissimum >>> > 2. Throat of fruiting calyx open, the 2 median teeth of anterior lip >>> > as long as or longer than posterior; >>> > mostly herbs with stems woody at base >>> > 3. Calyx tube glabrous or thinly covered with minute glandular hairs >>> > inside; nutlets unchanged >>> > when wet ...................................................... 2. 0. >>> > tenuiflorum >>> > 3. Calyx tube with a ring of hairs at throat inside; nutlets producing >>> > mucilage when wet >>> > 4. Flower with pedicel nearly as long as calyx; appendage of posterior >>> > stamens hairy .............. >>> > ....................................................... 3. 0. >>> > kilimandscharicum >>> > 4. Flower with pedicel much shorter than calyx; appendage of posterior >>> > stamens glabrous >>> > 5. Fruiting calyx up to 5 mm long; corolla 4 - 5.5 mm long >>> > 6. Fruiting calyx 2 - 3 mm long; stem internodes with short adpressed >>> > or retrose hairs ......... >>> > .... ....o......................................o.......... 4. 0. >>> > americanum >>> > 6. Fruiting calyx 4 - 5.5 mm long; stem internodes with long, >>> > spreading and sometimes >>> > retrorse hairs .......... ... ............... ..................... 5. >>> > 0. africanum >>> > 5. Fruiting calyx 6 - 8 mm long; corolla 7 - 8 mm >>> > long ...... ............... 6. 0. basilicum >>> > >>> > Thanks to Alan Paton at Kew for this! >>> > >>> > On May 24, 7:51 am, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Thanx Gurucharanji and Hari for the identification. But Hari I have >>> >> some sweet smelling O. basilicum accessions having saunf like smell >>> >> >>> >> regards >>> >> >>> >> On 5/24/11, hari lal <taxo....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > I go with Dr Gurcharan singh O. americanum >>> >> > Ocimum basilicum having smell is bitter armatic with oily stem >>> leaves >>> >> > not lemon smell just like pudina smeel with bitter test. >>> >> >>> >> > On 5/24/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >> I would go with O. americanum based on shorter corolla, slightly >>> longer >>> >> >> than >>> >> >> calyx and more hairy calyx >>> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> >> >> Retired Associate Professor >>> >> >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> >> >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> >> >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> >> >>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >> >>> >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com >>> > >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >>> Dear all, >>> >> >>> >> >>> Sending photographs of Ocimum. confused over Ocimum basilicum and >>> O. >>> >> >>> americanum. The plants details as in the photographs and having >>> lemon >>> >> >>> scented smell. Growing in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, Plants ca. 50 cm >>> >> >>> tall >>> >> >>> >> >>> regards >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >>> >> >>> Dr. Amit Chauhan >>> >> >>> Junior Technical Assistant >>> >> >>> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research >>> Centre, >>> >> >>> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >>> >> >>> Uttarakhand 263149 >>> >> >>> ph.05944 234445 >>> >> >>> mob.+919412161087 >>> >> >>> mail: amitci...@gmail.com >>> >> >>> amitci...@rediffmail.com >>> >> >>> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >>> >> >>> >> > -- >>> >> > HARI SHANKAR LAL >>> >> > AT-SHIV KUTIR >>> >> > PO-BARA BAZAR >>> >> > DIST-HAZARIBAG >>> >> > PIN-825301 >>> >> > JHARKHAND,INDIA >>> >> > MOBILE-9431530563 >>> >> > email-taxo....@gmail.com >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Dr. Amit Chauhan >>> >> Junior Technical Assistant >>> >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, >>> >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >>> >> Uttarakhand 263149 >>> >> ph.05944 234445 >>> >> mob.+919412161087 >>> >> mail: amitci...@gmail.com >>> >> amitci...@rediffmail.com >>> >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Amit Chauhan >>> Junior Technical Assistant >>> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, >>> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >>> Uttarakhand 263149 >>> ph.05944 234445 >>> mob.+919412161087 >>> mail: amitci...@gmail.com >>> amitci...@rediffmail.com >>> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >>> >> >> >> > > >
