Plant Details

Accepted name:: Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare [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. hirtum (Link) A.Terracc.

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brauner dost	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dost	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
istanbul kekiği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
karakekik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kekik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
manjerona-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marjolaine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marjolaine sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
origan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
origan vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orégano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pot marjoram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild marjoram	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wilder majoran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wintersweet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
çanakkale kekiği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
vegetative parts		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 60 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Micromeria formosana C.Marquand Hooker's Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3230 (1934).
Origanum vulgare var. creticum (L.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 485 (1895).
Origanum vulgare var. hirtum (Schur) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 23: 382 (1977 publ. 1978).
Mentha formosana (C.Marquand) S.S.Ying Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29: 91 (1989).
Origanum albiflorum K.Koch Linnaea 21: 662 (1849).
Origanum americanum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837).
Origanum anglicum Hill Veg. Syst. 17: 35 (1770).
Origanum barcense Simonk. Term. Füz. 10: 182 (1886).
Origanum capitatum Willd. ex Benth. Linnaea 11: 339 (1837).
Origanum creticum L. Sp. Pl.: 589 (1753).
Origanum decipiens Wallr. ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 728 (1835).
Origanum dilatatum Klokov Fl. RSS Ucr. 9: 664 (1960).
Origanum elegans Sennen Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 32: 75 (1933 publ. 1934).
Origanum heracleoticum Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 313 (1831), nom. illeg.
Origanum hirtum f. albiflorum Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 11: 49 (1897).
Origanum latifolium Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Origanum laxiflorum Royle ex Benth. Bot. Misc. 3: 376 (1833).
Origanum loureiroi Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 768 (1834).
Origanum majus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 430a (1764), opus utique oppr.
Origanum megastachyum var. hirtum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 524 (1866).
Origanum micranthum Colla Hortus Ripul., App. 4: 53 (1830).
Origanum nutans Willd. ex Benth. Linnaea 11: 339 (1837).
Origanum officinale Gueldenst. Reis. Russland 2: 287 (1791).
Origanum orientale Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Origanum puberulum (Beck) Klokov Fl. RSS Ukr. 9: 290 (1960).
Origanum purpurescens Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 64 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Origanum serpylliforme Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11(Suppl.): 59 (1846).
Origanum stoloniferum Besser ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 313 (1831).
Origanum thymiflorum Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 313 (1831).
Origanum venosum Willd. ex Benth. Linnaea 11: 239 (1837).
Origanum vulgare var. albidum Bellynck Fl. Namur: 195 (1855).
Origanum vulgare var. albiflorum Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 248 (1831).
Origanum vulgare var. albiflorum (K.Koch) Candargy Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 459 (1897), nom. illeg.
Origanum vulgare var. album Fraas Syn. Pl. Fl. Class.: 181 (1845).
Origanum vulgare var. autrale Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 78 (1829).
Origanum vulgare f. carneum Beckh. Fl. Westfalen: 696 (1893).
Origanum vulgare f. chlorescens Simonk. ex Soó & Borhidi Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 18: 173 (1973), no holotype cited.
Origanum vulgare subsp. creticum (L.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881).
Origanum vulgare var. formosanum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 102 (1919).
Origanum vulgare f. glabrescens (Beck) Bolzon Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1905: 63 (1905).
Origanum vulgare var. glabrescens Beck Fl. Hernstein: 244 (1884).
Origanum vulgare var. heracleoticum Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881).
Origanum vulgare var. humile (Pers.) Bastard Essai Fl. Maine et Loire, Suppl.: 39 (1812).
Origanum vulgare humile Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 129 (1807).
Origanum vulgare var. intermedium Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1862: 30 (1862).
Origanum vulgare subsp. megastachyum (W.D.J.Koch) Ces. in C.Cattaneo, Not. Nat. Civ. Lombardia 1: 309 (1844).
Origanum vulgare var. megastachyum W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 304 (1833).
Origanum vulgare var. pallescens Tinant Fl. Luxemb.: 309 (1836).
Origanum vulgare var. pallescens Martrin-Donos Fl. Tarn: 550 (1864), nom. illeg.
Origanum vulgare f. pallidum Beckh. Fl. Westfalen: 696 (1893).
Origanum vulgare var. parviflorum Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 78 (1829).
Origanum vulgare var. prismaticum (Gaudin) Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 335 (1834).
Origanum vulgare subsp. prismaticum Gaudin Fl. Helv. 4: 78 (1829).
Origanum vulgare var. puberulum Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 993 (1893).
Origanum vulgare var. purpurascens Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 486 (1895).
Origanum vulgare var. rufescens Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381 (1821 publ. 1822).
Origanum vulgare var. spiculigerum Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 486 (1895).
Origanum vulgare var. thymiflorum (Rchb.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592 (1881).
Origanum watsonii A.Schlag. ex J.A.Schmidt J. Bot. 6: 227 (1868).
Oroga heracleotica Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Micromeria formosana Marquand	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Origanum vulgare L. var. creticum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Origanum vulgare var. hirtum	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Origanum vulgare var. vulgare	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

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