Origanum majorana L. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Origanum

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Mentheae

Subtribe:

Menthinae

Nomen number:

25912

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:590. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/11/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Majorana majorana (L.) H. Karst., nom. inval.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Majorana hortensis Moench

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Reference(s)

Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Ietswaart, J. H. 1980. A taxonomic revision of the genus Origanum (Labiatae). Leiden Bot. Ser. 4:83-85.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Lawrence, B. M. 1992. Chemical components of Labiatae oils and their exploitation. Advances in labiate science 400.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.

Common names

English
pot marjoram –
sweet marjoram –
Dutch
marjolein –
French
marjolaine –
German
Majoran –
Italian
maggiorana –
Portuguese
manjerona –
Spanish
mejorana –
Swedish
mejram –
Transliterated Arabic
marzanjush –
Transliterated Russian
mayoran sadovyj –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey	s.
2	Cultivated				widely cult.
4	Naturalized				sometimes natzd., especially in Mediterranean region

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey (s.)

Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (sometimes natzd., especially in Mediterranean region)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Food additives	flavoring	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials	essential oils	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines	folklore	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines	folklore	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Origanum majorana L.