Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench (Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench)
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Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench

Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench

Basilicum is a monotypic Lamiaceae genus first described in 1802, with its only species Basilicum polystachyon native across many regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Family
Genus
Basilicum
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench

Basilicum is a genus of flowering plants in the Lamiaceae family. This genus was first formally described in 1802, and holds only one currently known species: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench. This species is native to a wide geographic range that includes Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (including Saudi Arabia, India, China, Indochina, Borneo, and the Philippines, among other areas), New Guinea, Australia, and many islands located in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Photo: (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bart Wursten · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lamiaceae Basilicum

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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