Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 696 717 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Ocimum polystachyon Linnaeus , Mantissa Plantarum Altera : 567. 1771 . "Habitat in India." RCN: 4340. Lectotype (Scott & Harley in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 139: 24. 1994; Paton & Cafferty in Kew Bull. 53: 466. 1998): Herb. Linn. No. 749.15, right specimen ( LINN ) . Current name: Basilicum polystachyon (L.) Moench ( Lamiaceae ). Note: Generic name spelled "Ocymum" in the protologue. Scott & Harley appear to have made the earliest choice; this was subsequently restricted to the specimen on the right of the sheet by Paton & Cafferty.