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Holy Basil

Type of basil
Taxon taxon Q960124
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Holy Basil

Summary

Holy Basil is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,775 views/month, #758 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Holy Basil's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Holy Basil is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Holy Basil belongs to the parent taxon Ocimum[5].
  • Holy Basil's scientific name is Ocimum tenuiflorum[6].
  • Holy Basil is used for medicinal plant[7].
  • Holy Basil's Commons category is recorded as Ocimum tenuiflorum[8].
  • Holy Basil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ocimum tenuiflorum[9].
  • Holy Basil's Commons gallery is recorded as Ocimum tenuiflorum[10].
  • Holy Basil's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[11].
  • Holy Basil's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[12].
  • Holy Basil's taxon synonym is recorded as Ocimum sanctum[13].
  • Holy Basil's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25491[14].
  • Holy Basil's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. tenuiflorum'}[15].
  • Holy Basil is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'holy basil'}[16].
  • Holy Basil is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '圣罗勒'}[17].
  • Holy Basil is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '圣罗勒'}[18].
  • Holy Basil is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Базилик священный'}[19].
  • Holy Basil's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[20].
  • Holy Basil's taxon range is recorded as Guangdong[21].
  • Holy Basil's taxon range is recorded as Myanmar[22].
  • Holy Basil's taxon range is recorded as Gabon[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Holy Basil is Ocimum tenuiflorum[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Ocimum[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'holy basil'}[16], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '圣罗勒'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '圣罗勒'}[18], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Базилик священный'}[19].

Identifiers

Holy Basil's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 181060[24]. Holy Basil's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 204149[25]. Holy Basil's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 480298[26]. Holy Basil's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927100[27]. Holy Basil's ITIS TSN is recorded as 507863[28].

Why It Matters

Holy Basil ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,775 views/month, #758 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Gabon Myanmar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Wikiarius · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Ocimum sanctum
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Wikidata description → Type of basil
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1843]]: Базилик священный"
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