Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Lamiales > Family Lamiaceae > Genus Origanum

Origanum majorana L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

OriganumL.accepted genus name
×Majoranamaracus Rech. f. heterotypic synonym
×Origanomajorana Domin heterotypic synonym
Amaracus Hill heterotypic synonym
Beltokon Raf. heterotypic synonym
Dictamnus Zinn heterotypic synonym
Dictamnus Mill. heterotypic synonym
Hofmannia Heist. ex Fabr. heterotypic synonym
Majorana Mill. heterotypic synonym
Marum Mill. heterotypic synonym
Onites Raf. heterotypic synonym
Oroga Raf. heterotypic synonym
Schizocalyx Scheele heterotypic synonym
Zatarendia Raf. heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Amaracus majorana (L.) Schinz & Thell. homotypic synonym
Majorana majorana (L.) H. Karst. homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
Majorana vulgaris Gray homotypic synonym
Thymus majorana (L.) Kuntze homotypic synonym
Majorana dubia (Boiss.) Briq. heterotypic synonym
Majorana fragrans Raf. heterotypic synonym
Majorana hortensis Moench heterotypic synonym
Majorana mexicana M. Martens & Galeotti heterotypic synonym
Majorana ovalifolia Stokes heterotypic synonym
Majorana ovatifolia Stokes heterotypic synonym
Majorana suffruticosa Raf. heterotypic synonym
Majorana tenuifolia Gray heterotypic synonym
Majorana tenuifolia Raf. heterotypic synonym
Majorana uncinata Stokes heterotypic synonym
Origanum confertum Savi heterotypic synonym
Origanum dubium Boiss. heterotypic synonym
Origanum majorana var. majoranoides (Willd.) Nyman heterotypic synonym
Origanum majorana var. tenuifolium Weston heterotypic synonym
Origanum majoranoides Willd. heterotypic synonym
Origanum odorum Salisb. heterotypic synonym
Origanum salvifolium Roth heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: amàrac; majorana; maladuix; marduix; moraduix; moradux; morduix; mordux sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Dutch: Echte marjolein sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Pot Marjoram sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: mayorana; mendaro sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: mayorana sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Majorcan: moradux sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Norwegian Bokmål: merian
 Norwegian Nynorsk: merian
 Portuguese: amangerona; amaraco; majarona; manjarona; manjerona; onrégaos sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: acapuas; almaraco; almoradijo; almoraduj; almoradux casero; almoradux morisco; almoradux salsero; almoraz; amaraco; amáraco; amoradux; anaraco; maiorana; majorana; mayorana; mejorama; mejorana dulce; mejorana real; moradux; sampsuco sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: mejram
 Valencian: moradux sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Origanum majorana L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=5F68F9D9-CADC-4C4C-BCAD-FCC5B2DBEBFD

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