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Basilicum
Basilicum is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1802. It contains only one known species, Basilicum polystachyon, native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, India, China, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, etc.), New Guinea, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.101
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.69
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.73
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.216
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.746
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.747
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.745
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.744
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.478
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.103
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.221
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.222
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 576235.