Yes Vijayasankar ji *Ocimum basilicum *var. *pilosum (Willd.) Benth. is the synonym of Ocimum x africanum Lour.* *Your conclusion tallies with that of Culhan ji* * * * * * * *-- 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 8:24 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
