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Origanum

Origanum ( ) is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. They are 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.

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).

With their decorative bracts, Origanum species and cultivars are used as ornamental plants in the garden. The cultivars 'Kent Beauty' and 'Rosenkuppel' 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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  1. Origanum acutidens <small>(Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw.</small> – Turkey, Iraq
  2. Origanum × adanense <small>Baser & H.Duman</small> – Turkey (O. bargyli × O. laevigatum)
  3. Origanum × adonidis <small>Mouterde</small> – Lebanon (O. libanoticum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
  4. Origanum akhdarense <small>Ietsw. & Boulos</small> – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
  5. Origanum amanum <small>Post</small> – Hatay region of Turkey
  6. Origanum × barbarae <small>Bornm.</small> – Lebanon (O. ehrenbergii × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
  7. Origanum bargyli <small>Mouterde</small> – Turkey, Syria
  8. Origanum bilgeri <small>P.H.Davis -</small> Antalya region of Turkey
  9. Origanum boissieri <small>Ietsw.</small> – Turkey
  10. Origanum calcaratum Juss. – Greece
  11. Origanum compactum <small>Benth. -</small> Spain, Morocco
  12. Origanum cordifolium <small>(Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel</small> – Cyprus
  13. Origanum cyrenaicum <small>Bég. & Vacc.</small> – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
  14. Origanum dayi <small>Post</small> – Israel
  15. Origanum dictamnus <small>L.</small> &ndash; hop marjoram, Cretan dittany, dittany of Crete – endemic to Crete
  16. Origanum × dolichosiphon <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Seyhan region of Turkey (O. amanum × O. laevigatum)
  17. Origanum ehrenbergii <small>Boiss.</small> – Lebanon
  18. Origanum elongatum <small>(Bonnet) Emb. & Maire</small> – Morocco
  19. Origanum floribundum <small>Munby</small> – Algeria
  20. Origanum × haradjanii <small>Rech.f</small> – Turkey (O. laevigatum × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
  21. Origanum haussknechtii <small>Boiss.</small> – Turkey
  22. Origanum husnucan-baseri <small>H.Duman, Aytac & A.Duran</small> – Turkey
  23. Origanum hypericifolium <small>O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis</small> – Turkey
  24. Origanum × intercedens <small>Rech.f.</small> – Greece, Turkey (O. onites × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
  25. Origanum × intermedium <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Denizli region of Turkey (O. onites × O. sipyleum)
  26. Origanum isthmicum <small>Danin</small> – Sinai
  27. Origanum jordanicum <small>Danin & Kunne</small> – Jordan
  28. Origanum laevigatum <small>Boiss.</small> – Turkey, Syria, Cyprus
  29. Origanum leptocladum <small>Boiss. -</small> Turkey
  30. Origanum libanoticum <small>Boiss.</small> – Lebanon
  31. Origanum majorana <small>L.</small> &ndash; (sweet) marjoram – Turkey, Cyprus; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, North Africa, North + South America
  32. Origanum × lirium <small>Heldr. ex Halácsy</small> – Greece (O. scabrum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
  33. Origanum × majoricum <small>Cambess.</small> &ndash; hardy sweet marjoram – Spain including Balearic Islands (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. virens)
  34. Origanum microphyllum <small>(Benth.) Vogel</small> – Crete
  35. Origanum × minoanum <small>P.H.Davis -</small> Crete (O. microphyllum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum)
  36. Origanum minutiflorum <small>O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis</small> – Turkey
  37. Origanum munzurense <small>Kit Tan & Sorger</small> – Turkey
  38. Origanum × nebrodense <small>Tineo ex Lojac</small> – Sicily (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. viridulum)
  39. Origanum onites <small>L.</small> – Greece, Turkey, Sicily
  40. Origanum × pabotii <small>Mouterde</small> – Syria (O. bargyli × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii)
  41. Origanum pampaninii <small>(Brullo & Furnari) Ietsw</small> – Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya
  42. Origanum petraeum <small>Danin</small> – Jordan
  43. Origanum punonense <small>Danin</small> – Jordan
  44. Origanum ramonense <small>Danin</small> – Levant
  45. Origanum rotundifolium <small>Boiss.</small> – Turkey, Caucasus
  46. Origanum saccatum <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Turkey
  47. Origanum scabrum Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier – Greece
  48. Origanum sipyleum L. -Turkey, Greek Islands
  49. Origanum solymicum <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Antalya region of Turkey
  50. Origanum symes <small>Carlström</small> – Islands of the Aegean Sea
  51. Origanum syriacum <small>L.</small> – Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Sinai, Saudi Arabia
  52. Origanum vetteri <small>Briq. & Barbey</small> – Crete
  53. Origanum vogelii <small>Greuter & Burdet</small> – Turkey
  54. Origanum vulgare <small>L.</small> – 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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