Taxon:
Origanum onites L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:590. 1753
Verified:
08/01/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
- Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Origanum+onites&quantity=1
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
- Herb Society of America. Oregano and Marjoram: an Herb Society of America guide to the genus Origanum. 2005 25. http://www.herbsociety.org/factsheets/Oregano%20and%20Majoram.pdf
- Ietswaart, J. H. 1980. A taxonomic revision of the genus Origanum (Labiatae). Leiden Bot. Ser. 4:85.
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
pot marjoram – Turkish oregano – German
französischer Marjoran – Swedish
smyrnamejram –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | Sicily | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece (incl. Crete), Italy [Sicily]
Economic Uses
Food additives