Plant Details

Accepted name:: Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum (Link) A.Terracc. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Origanum vulgare L.
Infraspecies:: 5

Origanum vulgare subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietsw.

Origanum vulgare subsp. gracile (K.Koch) Ietsw.

Origanum vulgare subsp. viridulum (Martrin-Donos) Nyman

Origanum vulgare subsp. virens (Hoffmanns. & Link) Bonnier & Layens

Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
borstiger gewöhnlicher dost	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
greek oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grekisk oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marjolaine sauvage	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
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) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
origan	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
origani herba	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
wild marjoram	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flower		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
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)
flowering top	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
leaf, flower	Dried leaves and flowers separated from the stems	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Majorana neglecta (Vogel) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 697 (1844).
Origanum heracleoticum Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 336 (1834), nom. illeg.
Origanum hirtum Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 114 (1822).
Origanum hirtum var. illyricum (Scheele) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881).
Origanum hirtum var. latifolium Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881).
Origanum hirtum var. neglectum (Vogel) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881).
Origanum illyricum Scheele Flora 26: 574 (1843).
Origanum latifolium Scheele Flora 26: 574 (1843), nom. illeg.
Origanum megastachyum Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 114 (1822).
Origanum neglectum Vogel Linnaea 15: 81 (1841).
Origanum smyrnaeum Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. 6: 57 (1827).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Origanum vulgare L. ssp. hirtum	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. hirtum (Link) Ietsw.	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) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. hirtum (Link) Ietswaart	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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