Ocimum monachorum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 402; Mantissa Plantarum: 85. 1767.

"Habitat in - - –” RCN: 4331.

Lectotype (Sudee in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 515. 2001): [icon] " Ocimum caryophyllatum Monachorum sive Acinos Columnae " in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(2): 260. 1651.

Current name: Ocimum tenuiflorum L. ( Lamiaceae).