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		Name	Accepted Name	Gametophytic(n)	Sporophytic(2n)	Data Source	reference
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Slovakia Database	Murín A., 1992: Karyological study of the Slovak flora XXIV. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 39: 45-51.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Slovakia Database	Murín A., 1997: Karyotaxonomy of some medicinal and aromatic plants. - Thaiszia - J. Bot., Košice 7: 75-88.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Singh, T. P. 1986. Karyomorphological studies in Ocimum basilicum L. utilized in an effort to solve the taxonomic status of O. carnosum Link et Otto. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 66: 402–407.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		30	IPCN online	Vembu, B. 1984. On the chromosome numbers of some members of Lamiaceae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 71(3–VI): 80–81.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.	24		IPCN online	Saggoo, M. I. 1983. Cytomorphological studies on plants of economic importance of Bicarpellatae from India. 259 pp.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Ma, X. H., R. L. Qin & W. B. Xing. 1984. Chromosome observations of some medical plants in Xinjiang. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 243–249.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.	24		IPCN online	Bir, S. S. & M. I. S. Saggoo. 1985. Cytological studies on members of family Labiatae from Kodaikanal and adjoining areas (South India). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 94: 619–626.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.	24		IPCN online	Gill, L. S. 1984. The incidence of polyploidy in the West-Himalayan Labiatae. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 7: 5–16.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Murín, A. 1992. Karyological study of the Slovak flora XXIV. Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae, Bot. 39: 45–51.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Murín, A. 1997. Karyotaxonomy of some medicinal and aromatic plants. Thaiszia 7: 75–88.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		52, 56, 72, 74	IPCN online	Paton, A. & E. Putievesky. 1996. Taxonomic problems and cytotaxonomic relationships between and within varieties of Ocimum basilicum and related species (Labiatae). Kew Bull. 51(3): 509–524.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.	24		IPCN online	Sanjappa, M. 1979. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIII. Taxon 28: 274–275.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P., S. N. SOBTI & R. Khan. 1975. Karyomorphological studies in the genus Ocimum I. Basilicum group. Nucleus 18: 177–182.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		52	IPCN online	Chen, R. y., W. q. Song, X. l. Li, M. x. Li, G. l. Liang & C. b. Chen. 2003. Chromosome Atlas of Major Economic Plants Genome in China, Vol. 3, Chromosome Atlas of Garden Flowering Plants in China. Science Press, Beijing.
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		72	IPCN online	DATTA, A. K., M. Mukherjee & M. Iqbal. 2005. Persistent cytomixis in Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae) and Withania somnifera (L.) Dun. (Solanaceae). Cytologia 70: 309–313.
!		Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P. & S. N. Sobti. 1982. Cytogenetical studies in the genus Ocimum I. Origin of O. americanum cytotaxonomical and experimental proof. Cytologia 47: 575–583.
!		Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P., S. N. SOBTI & R. Khan. 1975. Karyomorphological studies in the genus Ocimum I. Basilicum group. Nucleus 18: 177–182.
		Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P. & S. N. Sobti. 1982. Cytogenetical studies in the genus Ocimum I. Origin of O. americanum cytotaxonomical and experimental proof. Cytologia 47: 575–583.
		Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48@&4	IPCN online	Ryding, O. 1994. Notes on the sweet basil and its wild relatives (Lamiaceae). Econ. Bot. 48: 65–67.
		Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Thoppil, J. E. & J. Jose. 1994. Infraspecific genetic control of major essential oil constituents in Ocimum basilicum Linn. Nucleus (Calcutta) 37(1,2): 30–33.
		Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P., S. N. SOBTI & R. Khan. 1975. Karyomorphological studies in the genus Ocimum I. Basilicum group. Nucleus 18: 177–182.
		Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		52	IPCN online	Krishnappa, D. G. & I. Basavaraj. 1982. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXXV. Taxon 31: 361–362.
		Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Thoppil, J. E. & J. Jose. 1994. Infraspecific genetic control of major essential oil constituents in Ocimum basilicum Linn. Nucleus (Calcutta) 37(1,2): 30–33.
		Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P., S. N. SOBTI & R. Khan. 1975. Karyomorphological studies in the genus Ocimum I. Basilicum group. Nucleus 18: 177–182.
		Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Thoppil, J. E. & J. Jose. 1994. Infraspecific genetic control of major essential oil constituents in Ocimum basilicum Linn. Nucleus (Calcutta) 37(1,2): 30–33.
		Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN online	Pushpangadan, P., S. N. SOBTI & R. Khan. 1975. Karyomorphological studies in the genus Ocimum I. Basilicum group. Nucleus 18: 177–182.
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		16	IPCN67-71	BORSOS, o. 1970. Contributions to the knowledge on the chromosome numbers of Phanerogams growing in Hungary and southeastern Europe. Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 255-265.
!		Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN75-78	Pushpangadan et al. 1975
!		Ocimum basilicum var. majus Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN75-78	Pushpangadan et al. 1975
!		Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN75-78	Pushpangadan et al. 1975
!		Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum (L.) Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	IPCN75-78	Pushpangadan et al. 1975
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		16	IPCN73-74	SZ.-BORSO~, o. 1970. Contributions to the knowledge on the chromoso~ numbers of phanerogams growing in Hungary and south-eastern Europe. Acta. Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16(3-4): 255-265. I
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		16	Kumar, 1987	Sz.-Borsos, O. 1970
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Kumar, 1987	Vaarama, A. 1947 (Fedorov) ; Mor- ton, J.K. 1962 ; Sanjappa, M. 1979
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Fedorov, 1974	Vaarama 1947a, 1954
		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Fedorov, 1974	Morton L. K. 1962.
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Darlington, 1955	Vaarama 1947a
		Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens Benth.	Ocimum basilicum L.		72	C-values database	Carovic-Stanko K, Liber Z, Besendorfer V, Javornik B, Bohanec B, Kolak I, Satovic Z. 2010. Genetic relations among basil taxa (Ocimum L.) based on molecular markers, nuclear DNA content, and chromosome number. Plant Systematics and Evolution 285: 13-22.
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.		48	Cave1962	Morton 1962
!		Ocimum basilicum L.	Ocimum basilicum L.	27	54	Dash2017	Dash, C. K., M. Afroz, S. S. Alam and S. S. Sultana (2017). Conventional and Fluorescent Karyotype Analysis of Ocimum spp. Cytologia 82(4): 429– 434.