| Name | Ocimum basilicum Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Ocimum |
| Contains | Ocimum basilicum var. anisatum Bentham Ocimum basilicum var. glabratum Bentham Ocimum basilicum var. majus Bentham Ocimum basilicum var. pilosum (Willdenow) Bentham |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452874-1 |
| Holdings | 37 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Ocimum basilicum Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (36), 1988 (1) |