Origanum onites

Origanum onites

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Origanum onites L., Sp. Pl.: 590. 1753
  • ≡Majorana onites (L.) Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 339. 1834
  • =Origanum smyrnaeum L., Sp. Pl.: 589. 1753
  • ≡Majorana smyrnaea (L.) T. Nees in Weihe & al., Pl. Offic., Suppl. 1. 1831
  • ≡Schizocalyx smyrnaeus (L.) Scheele in Flora 26: 575. 1843
  • =Majorana cretica Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: 829. 1754
  • =Origanum album Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85. 1796
  • =Onites tomentosa Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 86. 1837
  • =Origanum orega Vogel in Linnaea 15: 78. 1841
  • ≡Majorana orega (Vogel) Briq. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 307. 1896
  • =Origanum heracleoticum W. D. J. Koch in Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 305. 1833, nom. illeg.
  • =Origanum pallidum Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 395. 1829
  • =Origanum tragoriganum Zucc. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 227. 1841, nom. nud.
  • =Majorana oreja Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 697. 1844

Content

Distribution

AE(G) Cr Gr Si Tu(A) [Tn] 

Euro+Med: Crete, with Karpathos nativeA; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands nativeA); Greece nativeA; Sicily, with Malta nativeA; Tunisia introducedA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part nativeA)

Common Names

Spanish; Castilian (Spain): mejorana portuguesaB, orégano blancoB

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/