Origanum onites

Origanum onites

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Origanum
Species: Origanum onites

Name

Origanum onites L., Sp. Pl. 2: 590. 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Origanum album Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 85. 1796, nom. superfl.
  • Majorana onites (L.) Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 339. 1834.
• Heterotypic
  • Origanum smyrnaeum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 589. 1753.
    • Majorana smyrnaea (L.) T.Nees in M.F.Weihe & al., Pl. Offic., Suppl.: 1. 1831.
    • Schizocalyx smyrnaeus (L.) Scheele, Flora 26: 575. 1843.
  • Majorana cretica Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: 829. 1754, opus utiq. oppr.
  • Origanum pallidum Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 395. 1829.
  • Origanum heracleoticum W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 4: 305. 1833, nom. illeg.
  • Onites tomentosus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 86. 1837.
  • Origanum orega Vogel, Linnaea 15: 78. 1841.
    • Majorana orega (Vogel) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 307. 1896.
  • Origanum tragoriganum Zucc. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 227. 1841, nom. nud.
  • Majorana oreja Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 697. 1844, orth. var.
  • Majorana cretica var. silvestris Alef., Landw. Fl.: 119. 1866.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti, Sicilia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Tunisia (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus (introduced), East Aegean Islands, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 590.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Origanum onites in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Origanum onites in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 2.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Griechischer Oregano
Türkçe: İzmir kekiği