Origanum
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| Origanum | |
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| Origanum vulgare | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Genus: | Origanum L.[1] |
| Species | |
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About 20, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amaracus Gled. | |
Origanum is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean and south eastern Asia, where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. They have strongly aromatic leaves and abundant tubular flowers with long-lasting coloured bracts. The genus includes the important group of culinary herbs, marjoram and oregano.[2]
Origanum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Coleophora albitarsella.
Selected species
- Origanum acutidens
- Origanum amanum
- Origanum calcaratum
- Origanum compactum Benth.[3]
- Origanum dictamnus L. – hop marjoram, Cretan dittany, dittany of Crete
- Origanum laevigatum
- Origanum leptocladum
- Origanum libanoticum[4]
- Origanum majorana L. – (sweet) marjoram
- Origanum ×majoricum Cambess. – hardy sweet marjoram
- Origanum microphyllum
- Origanum minutiflorum O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis
- Origanum onites L.
- Origanum rotundifolium Boiss.
- Origanum scabrum
- Origanum sipyleum
- Origanum syriacum L.
- Origanum vulgare – oregano[5]
Formerly placed here
- Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze (as O. benghalense Burm.f.)[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Origanum L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ Bouchra, Chebli et al.; Achouri, Mohamed; Idrissi Hassani, L.M; Hmamouchi, Mohamed (2003). "Chemical composition and antifungal activity of essential oils of seven Moroccan Labiatae against Botrytis cinerea Pers: Fr". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 89 (1): 165–169. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00275-7. PMID 14522450.
- ↑ http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/flowerbusiness/flowergrowersandsellers/national-native-popular-flowers-of-lebanon
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "GRIN Species Records of Origanum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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