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Genus of flowering plants
Origanum syriacum
Origanum (
oh-RIG -ə-nəm
[3] ) is a genus of
herbaceous
perennials and
subshrubs in the
family
Lamiaceae , native to
Europe ,
North Africa , and much of temperate
Asia , where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. A few species also naturalized in scattered locations in North America and other regions.
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The plants have strongly aromatic leaves and abundant tubular flowers with long-lasting coloured bracts. The genus includes the important group of culinary
herbs :
marjoram (Origanum majorana ) and
oregano (Origanum vulgare ).
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With their decorative bracts, Origanum species and cultivars are used as ornamental plants in the garden. The cultivars 'Kent Beauty'
[9] and 'Rosenkuppel'
[10] have received the
Royal Horticultural Society 's
Award of Garden Merit .
Origanum species are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera species, including
Coleophora albitarsella .
Species
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Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. - Turkey, Iraq
Origanum × adanense Baser & H.Duman - Turkey (O. bargyli × O. laevigatum)
Origanum × adonidis Mouterde - Lebanon (O. libanoticum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum akhdarense Ietsw. & Boulos - Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum amanum Post - Hatay region of Turkey
Origanum × barbarae Bornm. - Lebanon (O. ehrenbergii × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum bargyli Mouterde - Turkey, Syria
Origanum bilgeri P.H.Davis - Antalya region of Turkey
Origanum boissieri Ietsw. - Turkey
Origanum calcaratum Juss. - Greece
Origanum compactum Benth. - Spain, Morocco
Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel - Cyprus
Origanum cyrenaicum Bég. & Vacc. - Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum dayi Post - Israel
Origanum dictamnus L. – hop marjoram, Cretan dittany, dittany of Crete - endemic to Crete
Origanum × dolichosiphon P.H.Davis - Seyhan region of Turkey (O. amanum × O. laevigatum)
Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss. - Lebanon
Origanum elongatum (Bonnet) Emb. & Maire - Morocco
Origanum floribundum Munby - Algeria
Origanum × haradjanii Rech.f - Turkey (O. laevigatum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum haussknechtii Boiss. - Turkey
Origanum husnucan-baseri H.Duman, Aytac & A.Duran - Turkey
Origanum hypericifolium O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis - Turkey
Origanum × intercedens Rech.f. - Greece, Turkey (O. onites × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum × intermedium P.H.Davis - Denizli region of Turkey (O. onites × O. sipyleum)
Origanum isthmicum Danin - Sinai
Origanum jordanicum Danin & Kunne - Jordan
Origanum laevigatum Boiss. - Turkey, Syria, Cyprus
Origanum leptocladum Boiss. - Turkey
Origanum libanoticum Boiss. - Lebanon
Origanum majorana L. – (sweet) marjoram - Turkey, Cyprus; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, North Africa, North + South America
Origanum × lirium Heldr. ex Halácsy - Greece (O. scabrum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum × majoricum Cambess. – hardy sweet marjoram - Spain including Balearic Islands (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. virens)
Origanum microphyllum (Benth.) Vogel - Crete
Origanum × minoanum P.H.Davis - Crete (O. microphyllum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
Origanum minutiflorum O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis - Turkey
Origanum munzurense Kit Tan & Sorger - Turkey
Origanum × nebrodense Tineo ex Lojac - Sicily (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. viridulum)
Origanum onites L. - Greece, Turkey, Sicily
Origanum × pabotii Mouterde - Syria (O. bargyli × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
Origanum pampaninii (Brullo & Furnari) Ietsw - Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
Origanum petraeum Danin - Jordan
Origanum punonense Danin - Jordan
Origanum ramonense Danin - Levant
Origanum rotundifolium Boiss. - Turkey, Caucasus
Origanum saccatum P.H.Davis - Turkey
Origanum scabrum Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier - Greece
Origanum sipyleum L. -Turkey, Greek Islands
Origanum solymicum P.H.Davis - Antalya region of Turkey
Origanum symes Carlström - Islands of the Aegean Sea
Origanum syriacum L. - Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Sinai, Saudi Arabia
Origanum vetteri Briq. & Barbey - Crete
Origanum vogelii Greuter & Burdet - Turkey
Origanum vulgare L. -
oregano - Europe, North Africa, temperate Asia (Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, etc.); naturalized in parts of North America, New Zealand, Venezuela
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