Position in a system
species
African Basil
Ocimum gratissimum L.
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. - flowering plants |
| class | Rosopsida Batsch - eudicots |
| order | Lamiales Bromhead |
| family | Lamiaceae Lindl. - mint family |
| subfamily | Nepetoideae Kosteletzky |
| genus | Ocimum L. - basil |
| species | Ocimum gratissimum L. - African Basil |