Taxon:  Origanum majorana L.



Summary
Genus:
Origanum
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Subtribe:
Menthinae
Nomen number:
25912
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:590.  1753
Verified:
05/11/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Majorana majorana (L.) H. Karst., nom. inval.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Majorana hortensis Moench

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  8. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  9. Ietswaart, J. H. 1980. A taxonomic revision of the genus Origanum (Labiatae). Leiden Bot. Ser. 4:83-85.
  10. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  11. Lawrence, B. M. 1992. Chemical components of Labiatae oils and their exploitation. In: Harley, R. M. & T. Reynolds, eds., Advances in labiate science 400.
  12. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  13. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  14. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  15. Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus.
  16. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  18. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  19. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  20. Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.
Common names
LANGUAGE NAME ALTERNATE NAME NOTE SEQ CITATION
English pot marjoram 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English sweet marjoram 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Dutch marjolein 2 Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.
French marjolaine 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Majoran 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian maggiorana 2 Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.
Portuguese manjerona 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish mejorana 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish mejram 2 Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.
Transliterated Arabic marzanjush 2 Vermeulen, N. 1999. Encyclopaedia of Herbs. Note: Rebo Productions, Netherlands.
Transliterated Russian mayoran sadovyj 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_code Status Continent Subcontinent Country State Note
1 Native Asia-Temperate Western Asia Cyprus    
1 Native Asia-Temperate Western Asia Turkey   s.
2 Cultivated         widely cult.
4 Naturalized         sometimes natzd., especially in Mediterranean region
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey (s.)
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (sometimes natzd., especially in Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
Usage Type Note Reference
Food additives flavoring   Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials essential oils   Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines folklore   Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines folklore   McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=25912. Accessed 23 April 2024.