Origanum vulgare L. subsp. hirtum (Link) Ietsw. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Origanum

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Mentheae

Subtribe:

Menthinae

Nomen number:

430877

Place of publication:

Leiden Bot. Ser. 4:112. 1980

Verified:

02/19/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

Other conspecific taxa

Origanum vulgare L. (0 active accession[s])
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietsw. (0 active accession[s])
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. gracile (K. Koch) Ietsw. (0 active accession[s])
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. virens (Hoffmanns. & Link) Ietsw. (0 active accession[s])
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. viridulum (Martrin-Donos) Nyman (0 active accession[s])
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare (0 active accession[s])

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

Basionym

Origanum hirtum Link

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Herb Society of America. 2005. Oregano and Marjoram: an Herb Society of America guide to the genus Origanum
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Ietswaart, J. H. 1980. A taxonomic revision of the genus Origanum (Labiatae). Leiden Bot. Ser. 4:1-153.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.

Common names

English
Greek oregano –
German
borstiger gewöhnlicher Dost –
Swedish
grekisk oregano –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece	incl. Aegean Islands
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	North Macedonia

Native
Asia-Temperate

Europe

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Food additives	flavoring		Herb Society of America. 2005. Oregano and Marjoram: an Herb Society of America guide to the genus Origanum
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.