Plant Details

Accepted name:: Origanum onites L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bıyalı kekik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
izmir kekiği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kekik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
oregano	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
origani herba	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pot marjoram	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yayla kekiği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flower		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
vegetative parts		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
flower, leaf	dried leaves and flowers	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
flower, leaf	dried leaves and flowers separated from the stems	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf, flower	Dried leaves and flowers separated from the stems	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Majorana cretica Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: 829 (1754), opus utique oppr.
Majorana cretica var. silvestris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 119 (1866).
Majorana onites (L.) Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 339 (1834).
Majorana orega (Vogel) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 307 (1896).
Majorana oreja Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 697 (1844), orth. var.
Majorana smyrnaea (L.) T.Nees in M.F.Weihe & al., Pl. Offic., Suppl.: 1 (1831).
Onites tomentosus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837).
Origanum album Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85 (1796), nom. superfl.
Origanum heracleoticum W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 305 (1833), nom. illeg.
Origanum orega Vogel Linnaea 15: 78 (1841).
Origanum pallidum Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 395 (1829).
Origanum smyrnaeum L. Sp. Pl.: 589 (1753).
Origanum tragoriganum Zucc. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 227 (1841), nom. nud.
Schizocalyx smyrnaeus (L.) Scheele Flora 26: 575 (1843).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Origanum onites	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Origanum onites L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Origanum onites

Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Origanum onites L.

British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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