| Name | Ocimum basilicum var. majus Bentham |
| Authorship | Bentham |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Ocimum basilicum Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1848 Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 12: 33 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Ocimum basilicum var. majus Bentham |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |