| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Origanum L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 590. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Lamiales
 Familia - Lamiaceae Lindl.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Amaracus Hill | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Beltokon Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Dictamnus Mill., nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Dictamnus Zinn, nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Hofmannia Heist. ex Fabr. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Majorana Mill. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Marum Mill. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Onites Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Oroga Raf. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Schizocalyx Scheele | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Zatarendia Raf. | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum akhdarense Ietsw. & Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum amanum Post | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum bargyli Mouterde | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum bastetanum Socorro, Arrebola & Espinar | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum bilgeri P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum boissieri Ietsw. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum brevidens (Bornm.) Dinsm. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum calcaratum Juss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum compactum Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum cyrenaicum Bég. & Vacc. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum dayi Post | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum dictamnus L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum elongatum (Bonnet) Emb. & Maire | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum floribundum Munby | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum haussknechtii Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum husnucan-baseri H. Duman, Aytac & A. Duran | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum hypericifolium O. Schwarz & P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum isthmicum Danin | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum jordanicum Danin & Kunne | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum laevigatum Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum leptocladum Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum libanoticum Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum majorana L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum microphyllum (Benth.) Vogel | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum minutiflorum O. Schwarz & P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum munzurense Kit Tan & Sorger | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum onites L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum pampaninii (Brullo & Furnari) Ietsw. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum petraeum Danin | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum punonense Danin | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum ramonense Danin | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum rotundifolium Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum saccatum P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum scabrum Boiss. & Heldr. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum sipyleum L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum solymicum P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum symes Carlström | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum syriacum L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum vetteri Briq. & Barbey | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum vogelii Greuter & Burdet | 
                          
                          	|  | Origanum vulgare L. | 
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | AE(G) Ag Al Au Az Be Bl Br Bt Bu By Ca Co Cr Cy Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md No Po Rf(C CS E N S) Rm Sa Sb Si Sn Su Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) |