Ocimum SynonymySource: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Ocimum L., Sp. Pl.: 597. 1753=Becium Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28: t. 42. 1842=Erythrochlamys Gürke in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 222. 1894=Hyperaspis Briq. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 3: 975. 1903=Nautochilus Bremek. in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 15: 252. 1933ContentDistribution Bibliography Distribution Eg [Rf(S) Uk] Euro+Med: Egypt native ‒ nativeA; Russia (S European Russia introduced ‒ introducedA); Ukraine introduced ‒ introducedA Bibliography A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families