Origanum

Origanum is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. They are native to Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia, where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. A few species also naturalized in scattered locations in North America and other regions.

Where the name comes from

In tempi moderni, prima ancora di Linneo è stato il botanico francese Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656 – 1708) a denominare queste piante. In realtà l'etimologia del nome del genere si può far risalire a 2000 anni prima presso i greci, forse da Teofrasto (371 a.C.

Species

Reference

Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. – Turkey, Iraq
Origanum × adanense Baser & H.Duman – Turkey (O. bargyli × O. laevigatum)
Origanum × adonidis Mouterde – Lebanon (O. libanoticum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum akhdarense Ietsw. & Boulos – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum amanum Post – Hatay region of Turkey
Origanum × barbarae Bornm. – Lebanon (O. ehrenbergii × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum bargyli Mouterde – Turkey, Syria
Origanum bilgeri P.H.Davis - Antalya region of Turkey
Origanum boissieri Ietsw. – Turkey
Origanum calcaratum Juss. – Greece
Origanum compactum Benth. - Spain, Morocco
Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel – Cyprus
Origanum cyrenaicum Bég. & Vacc. – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum dayi Post – Israel
Origanum dictamnus L. – hop marjoram, Cretan dittany, dittany of Crete – endemic to Crete
Origanum × dolichosiphon P.H.Davis – Seyhan region of Turkey (O. amanum × O. laevigatum)
Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss. – Lebanon
Origanum elongatum (Bonnet) Emb. & Maire – Morocco
Origanum floribundum Munby – Algeria
Origanum × haradjanii Rech.f – Turkey (O. laevigatum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum haussknechtii Boiss. – Turkey
Origanum husnucan-baseri H.Duman, Aytac & A.Duran – Turkey
Origanum hypericifolium O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis – Turkey
Origanum × intercedens Rech.f. – Greece, Turkey (O. onites × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum × intermedium P.H.Davis – Denizli region of Turkey (O. onites × O. sipyleum)
Origanum isthmicum Danin – Sinai
Origanum jordanicum Danin & Kunne – Jordan
Origanum laevigatum Boiss. – Turkey, Syria, Cyprus
Origanum leptocladum Boiss. - Turkey
Origanum libanoticum Boiss. – Lebanon
Origanum majorana L. – (sweet) marjoram – Turkey, Cyprus;…