Origanum majorana

Origanum majorana

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Origanum majorana L., Sp. Pl.: 590. 1753
  • ≡Majorana vulgaris Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381. 1821
  • ≡Thymus majorana (L.) Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 106. 1867
  • ≡Amaracus majorana (L.) Schinz & Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 7: 576. 1907
  • ≡Majorana majorana (L.) H. Karst., Ill. Repet. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 999. 1886, nom. inval.
  • =Origanum majorana var. tenuifolium Weston in Bot. Univ. 3: 530. 1772
  • =Majorana hortensis Moench, Methodus: 406. 1794
  • =Origanum odorum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85. 1796
  • =Origanum majoranoides Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 137. 1800
  • ≡Origanum majorana var. majoranoides (Willd.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 592. 1881
  • =Origanum salvifolium Roth, Catal. Bot. 2: 48. 1800
  • =Majorana ovalifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 350. 1812
  • =Majorana ovatifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 351. 1812
  • =Majorana uncinata Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 353. 1812
  • =Majorana tenuifolia Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381. 1821
  • =Majorana fragrans Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 86. 1837
  • =Majorana suffruticosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 86. 1837
  • =Majorana tenuifolia Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 86. 1837
  • =Origanum confertum Savi in Giorn. Tosc. Sci. Med. 1: 12. 1840
  • =Majorana mexicana M. Martens & Galeotti in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 191. 1844
  • =Origanum dubium Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 553. 1879
  • ≡Majorana dubia (Boiss.) Briq. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 307. 1896

Content

Distribution

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Euro+Med: Algeria introducedA; Azores introducedA; Baltic states, with Kaliningrad region introducedA; Corsica introducedA; Crimea introducedA; Cyprus nativeA; Former Yugoslavia introducedA; Greece introducedA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City introducedA; Madeira archipelago introducedA; Morocco introducedA; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra introducedA; Switzerland introducedA; Tunisia introducedA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part nativeA); Ukraine introducedA

Common Names

Basque (Spain): mayoranaB, mendaroB, mendaroaB; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): amàracB, majoranaB, maladuixB, marduixB, moraduixB, moraduxB, morduixB, morduxB; Finnish (Finland): maustemeiramiC; Galician (Spain): mayoranaB; Majorcan (Mallorca): moraduixB, moraduxB; Portuguese (Azores): majaronaB; Portuguese (Madeira): onrégaosB; Portuguese (Portugal): amangeronaB, amaracoB, mangeronaB, manjaronaB, manjeronaB; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): acapuasB, almaracoB, almoradijoB, almoradujB, almoraduxB, almoradux caseroB, almoradux moriscoB, almoradux salseroB, almoraduzB, almorazB, amaracoB, amoraduxB, amáracoB, anaracoB, maioranaB, majoranaB, mayoranaB, mejoramaB, mejoranaB, mejorana bastardaB, mejorana dulceB, mejorana realB, moraduxB, oréganoB, sampsucoB; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): mejramC; Valencian (Spain): moraduxB

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
B. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
C. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS