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The genus Origanum is in the family Lamiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Origanum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × adanense Baser & H.Duman	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × adonidis Mouterde	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum aegyptiacum L.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum akhdarense Ietsw. & Boulos	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum amanum Post	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum amaracus Bedevian	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × barbarae Bornm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum bargyli Mouterde	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum bilgeri P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum boissieri Ietsw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum brevidens (Bornm.) Dinsm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum calcaratum Juss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum compactum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum cyrenaicum Bég. & Vacc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum dayi Post	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum dictamnus L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × dolichosiphon P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum ehrenbergii Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum elongatum (Bonnet) Emb. & Maire	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum floribundum Munby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum foliosum Lojac.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × haradjanii Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum haussknechtii Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum humile Poir.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Origanum husnucan-baseri H.Duman, Aytac & A.Duran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × hybridum Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum hypericifolium O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × intercedens Rech.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × intermedium P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum isthmicum Danin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum jordanicum Danin & Kunne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum laevigatum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum leptocladum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum libanoticum Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × lirium Heldr. ex Halácsy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum majorana L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × majoricum Cambess.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × majoricum Camb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Origanum microphyllum (Benth.) Vogel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × minoanum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum minutiflorum O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum munzurense Kit Tan & Sorger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × nebrodense Tineo ex Lojac.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum onites L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × pabotii Mouterde	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum pampaninii (Brullo & Furnari) Ietsw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum × paniculatum W.D.J.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum petraeum Danin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum punonense Danin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum ramonense Danin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum rotundifolium Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum saccatum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum scabrum Boiss. & Heldr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum sipyleum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum solymicum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum symes Carlström	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum syriacum L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Origanum × ulrikeae Starm.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum vetteri Briq. & Barbey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum vogelii Greuter & Burdet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Origanum vulgare L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	5

Statistics

The Plant List includes 227 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Origanum. Of these 56 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 57 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Origanum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 227 species names for the genus Origanum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	56	24.7%
◕	Synonym	164	72.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	3.1%

All names

The status of the 284 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Origanum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	63	22.2%
◕	Synonym	214	75.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	7	2.5%

Of the species names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 14 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 227 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Origanum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	55	153	0	0	208	91.6%
	Medium confidence	1	2	0	0	3	1.3%
	Low confidence	0	9	0	7	16	7.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Origanum is as follows: