Ocimeae

American mint Hyptis suaveolens, photographed by Nirmal Roberts.

Belongs within: Lamiaceae.

The Ocimeae is a clade within the Lamiaceae including basils (Ocimum spp.), lavenders (Lavandula spp.) and related taxa. Monophyly of the group is supported by the presence of dorsiflexed synthecous anthers (Paton et al. 2004). Ocimum species are used as culinary herbs whereas Lavandula species are significant sources of essential oils. Hyptis, the bushmints, is a genus of herbs and subshrubs found in Africa and the Americas with a pouched lower corolla lip and densely stellate-hairy stems (Hickman 1993).

<==Ocimeae
    |--Lavandula BR65 [Lavandulinae HPR03]
    |    |--L. angustifolia MH98
    |    |--L. dentata BR65
    |    |--L. latifolia KIW98
    |    |--L. multifida Linnaeus 1753 DSA04
    |    |--L. officinalis B00
    |    |--L. stoechas BR65
    |    `--L. vera C55a
    `--+--Hanceolinae [Hanceoleae] HPR03
       |    |--Hanceola HPR03
       |    `--Siphocranion HPR03
       |--Ocimum S03 [Ociminae HPR03]
       |    |--O. americanum S03
       |    |--O. basilicum MH98
       |    |--O. canum PP07
       |    |--O. sanctum BB07
       |    `--O. tenuiflorum J07
       |--Plectranthus L’Her. 1788 [incl. Perrierastrum Guillaumin 1930; Plectranthinae] HPR03
       |    |--P. bipinnatus Paton in Harley, Paton & Ryding 2003 (see below for synonymy) HPR03
       |    |--P. comosus H06
       |    |--P. congestus LK14
       |    |--P. dinteri CV06
       |    |--P. intraterraneus MLP09
       |    |--P. parviflorus BR65
       |    |--P. schizophyllus HPR03
       |    |--P. scutellarioides LK14
       |    `--P. unguentarius CV06
       `--Hyptis K03 [Hyptidinae HPR03]
            |--H. albida BTA75
            |--H. atrorubens C55b
            |--H. brevipes C55b
            |--H. capitata K03
            |--H. emoryi H93
            |--H. mutabilis J87
            |--H. obtusifolia C55b
            |--H. pectinata C55b
            |--H. schusteri J87
            |--H. spicata C55b
            |--H. spicigera C55b
            `--H. suaveolens C55b

Plectranthus bipinnatus Paton in Harley, Paton & Ryding 2003 [=*Perrierastrum oreophilum Guillaumin 1930 non Plectranthus oreophilus] HPR03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[C55a] Candolle, A. de. 1855a. Géographie Botanique Raisonée: Ou exposition des faits principaux et des lois concernant la distribution géographique des plantes de l’époque actuelle vol. 1. Librairie de Victor Masson: Paris.

[C55b] Candolle, A. de. 1855b. Géographie Botanique Raisonée: Ou exposition des faits principaux et des lois concernant la distribution géographique des plantes de l’époque actuelle vol. 2. Librairie de Victor Masson: Paris.

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[DSA04] Dayrat, B., C. Schander & K. A. Angielczyk. 2004. Suggestions for a new species nomenclature. Taxon 53 (2): 485–491.

[HPR03] Harley, R. M., A. J. Paton & O. Ryding. 2003. New synonymy and taxonomic changes in the Labiatae. Kew Bulletin 58: 485–489.

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[J87] Judd, W. S. 1987. Floristic study of Morne La Visite and Pic Macaya National Parks, Haiti. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum—Biological Sciences 32 (1): 1–136.

[KIW98] Kearns, C. A., D. W. Inouye & N. M. Waser. 1998. Endangered mutualisms: the conservation of plant-pollinator interactions. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29: 83–112.

[K03] Kulip, J. 2003. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and other useful plants of Muruts in Sabah, Malaysia. Telopea 10 (1): 81–98.

[LK14] Lyons, M. N., G. J. Keighery, L. A. Gibson & T. Handasyde. 2014. Flora and vegetation communities of selected islands off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81: 205–244.

[MLP09] McKenzie, N. L., S. van Leeuwen & A. M. Pinder. 2009. Introduction to the Pilbara Biodiversity Survey, 2002–2007. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 78 (1): 3–89.

[MH98] Morikawa, H., A. Higaki, M. Nohno, M. Takahashi, M. Kamada, M. Nakata, G. Toyohara, Y. Okamura, K. Matsui, S. Kitani, K. Fujita, K. Irifune & N. Goshima. 1998. More than a 600-fold variation in nitrogen dioxide assimilation among 217 plant taxa. Plant, Cell and Environment 21: 180–190.

[PP07] Pandey, R. P., & P. M. Padhye. 2007. Studies on phytodiversity of Arid Machia Safari Park-Kailana in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 49: 15–78.

Paton, A. J., D. Springate, S. Suddee, D. Otieno, R. J. Grayer, M. M. Harley, F. Willis, M. S. J. Simmonds, M. P. Powell & V. Savolainen. 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of basils and allies (Ocimeae, Labiatae) based on three plastid DNA regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (1): 277-299.

[S03] Sharma, N. K. 2003. Ocimum americanum L.—a plant remedy used in appendicitis by the tribals of south east Rajasthan. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 45: 203–208.

Last updated: 11 June 2019.