IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453078-1

Publication

Flora Japonica sistens plantas insularum japonicarum...

Collation

249

Date of Publication

Aug 1784

Family as entered in IPNI

Lamiaceae

Type Information

Distribution Of Types

Japan (Eastern Asia, Asia-Temperate)

Nomenclatural Notes

: erroneous entry

Remarks

Linnaeus f. (Suppl. Pl. 275. 1782) published Ocimum punctatum from Abyssinia. Without referencing Linnaeus f., Thunberg used O. punctatum for a Japanese taxon. Although debatable whether Thunberg published a later homonym (i.e., O. punctatum Thunb., non L.f.) or used O. punctatum L.f., it is noted here that in his preface (p. IX), Thunberg referred to Linnaeus f.’s Supplement. Therefore, it is construed here that Thunberg used O. punctatum L.f. (perhaps, a misapplication).