MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE



Sorting Origanum names



Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Origanum dictamnus L.

SYNONYM(S) :   Dictamnus creticus J. Hill,  Majorana dictamnus (L.) Kostel.,  Origanum dictamnifolium St.-Lag.

ENGLISH :  Cretan oregano, Crete oregano, Dittany of Crete .

FRENCH :   Dictamne de Crète, Faux origan, Origan de Crète, Origan dictamne.

GERMAN :   Diptamdosten, Kretischer oregano.

GREEK  :  Δίκταμος   Dictamos,  Κρητική  ρίγανη.

HUNGARIAN :  Krétai szurokfű.

ITALIAN :  Dittamo cretico.

SLOVAKIAN :  Pamajorán.



Origanum majorana L. 

SYNONYM(S) :   Majorana fragrans Raf., Majorana hortensis Moench,  Majorana majorana (L.) H. Karst. , Majorana vulgaris Mill.,  Origanum odorum Salisb.

ARABIC :  زعتر, صعتر

BURMESE :  Yon-bwe.

CROATIAN :  Mažuran .

DANISH :  Havemerian, Merian.

DUTCH :  Marjolein.

ENGLISH :  Sweet marjoram.

FINNISH : Maustemeirami, Meirami.

FRENCH :  Marjolaine, Marjolaine cultivée.

GERMAN :  Blattmajoran, Französischer Majoran, Majoran, Wurstkraut.

GREEK :    Μαντζουράνα   Mantzourana,  Ματζουράνα   Matzourana.

HEBREW :   Awaiting feedback.

HINDI :   Murwa.

ITALIAN :  Maggiorana coltivata.

JAPANESE :   マー ジョラム   Maajoramu.

KOREAN :  마조람.

PORTUGUESE :   Manjerona, Manjerona cultivada.

ROMANIAN :  Măghiran.

RUSSIAN :  Майоран садовый  Maioran sadovyi.

SANSKRIT :   मरुव    Maruva.

SPANISH :  Mejorana, Mejorana cultivada, Orégano europeo. 

SWEDISH :  Mejram.

TURKISH :   Alanya kekigi,   Beyaz kekik.


Photographs, description, more names and etymology on Gernot Katzer's Spice pages.

Origanum x  applii (Domin.) Boros

SYNONYM(S) :    Origanum majorana L.  x  Origanum vulgare L.

GERMAN :  Winterfeste Majoran.



Origanum x majoricum Cambes

SYNONYM(S) :   Origanum vulgare L. subsp. virens (Hoffm. et Link) Ietswaart x Origanum majorana L.

ENGLISH :   Italian oregano, Sicilian oregano, Hardy marjoram, Turkish oregano.

FRENCH :  Marjolaine de Majorque, Origan de Majorque.

GERMAN :  Majoran winterfest, Winterfeste Majoran, Winterfesten Majoran.

Origanum minutiflorum O. Schwarz et P.H. Davis

FRENCH :  Origan à feuilles miniatures.

TURKISH :  Sütçüler kekiği.


Origanum onites L.

SYNONYM(S) :   Majorana cretica Mill.,  Majorana onites (L.) Benth.,  Majorana orega (Vogel) Briq., Origanum album Salisb.,  Origanum orega Vogel, Origanum smyrnaeum L.

ENGLISH :  Cretan oregano, Pot marjoram, Smyrna oregano, Turkish oregano.

FINNISH :  Oikea oregano.

FRENCH :  Origan de Chypre.

GERMAN :  Französischer Majoran, Kretischer Dost, Kretischer oregano, Spanischer Hopfen, Etwa Kreta-Oregano

GREEK :  Ρίγανη  Rigani ,   Τούρκικη ρίγανη .

HUNGARIAN :  Ciprusi majoránna, Francia majoránna.

ITALIAN :   Origano siciliano.

RUSSIAN :  Французский майоран   Frantsuzskii maioran.  

TURKISH :  Bilyali kekik, Izmir kekiği, Türk kekiği.


Photograph of flowers in button by Paghat the Ratgirl.

Origanum syriacum L.

SYNONYM(S) :   Majorana crassa Moench,  Majorana crassifolia Benth.,  Majorana syriaca (L.) Kostel.,  Origanum crassa (Moench) Chev.,  Origanum maru L. , Origanum pseudo-onites Lindberg

ARABIC :      صعتر       Satar (Za'atar).

ENGLISH :    Bible hyssop, Syrian oregano, Wild marjoram.

FRENCH :   Marjolaine de Syrie,  Origan d'Egypt.

GERMAN :   Arabischer Oregano ,  Echter Staudenmajoran,  Syrischer majoran, Syrischer Ysop.

HEBREW :  אֵזוֹב מָצוּי   Ezov matzuy ,  זַעְתַּר  Za'atar.

HUNGARIAN :  Szíriai szurokfű, Szír izsóp.

PERSIAN :  زعتر   Za'atar (Zahtar, Zaatar, Za'tar).

TURKISH :   Isrial kekiği, Suriye kekiği.


Photograph of young leaves (close-up) by Rabi Gábor.

Origanum syriacum L. var. syriacum


Most common names applied to the species would fit this variety.
Origanum vulgare L.

ARABIC :   صَعْتَرُ بَرّي     Satar barri.

BURMESE :  Taw-yon,  Yon-bwe.

DANISH :  Almindelig merian, Vild merian.

DUTCH :  Wilde marjolein.

ENGLISH :  European oregano, Oregano,   Pot marjoram, Wild marjoram, Winter majoram,  Wintersweet.

FRENCH :  Marjolaine bâtarde, Marjolaine sauvage, Marjolaine vulgaire, Origan  commun, Origan  sauvage,  Origan vulgaire.

GERMAN :   Brauner Dost, Dost, Falscher Staudenmajoran, Oregano, Wilder Majoran.

GREEK  :    Ορίγανον το κοινόν,   Ρίγανη.

HINDI :  Sathra.

HUNGARIAN :   Oregánó, Szurokfű, Vadmajoránna .

ITALIAN :  Maggiorana volgare, Origano, Origano commune.

PERSIAN :  آویشن کوهی     xx

PORTUGUESE :  Manjerona-brava, Orégãos.

RUSSIAN :   Дикий майоран   Dikii maioran,  Душица обыкновенная  Dušica obyknovennaja.

SLOVAKIAN :  Pamajorán obyčajný.

SPANISH :  Orégano, Orégano europeo.

SWEDISH :  Vild mejram.

THAI :   ออรีกาโน.

TURKISH :  Izmir kekiği.


Photographs, description, more names and etymology on Gernot Katzer's Spice pages.
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietsw.

SYNONYM(S) :  Origanum glandulosum Desf.

FRENCH :   Origan de Tunisie.


Origanum vulgare L. subsp. gracile (K. Koch) Ietsw.

SYNONYM(S) :   Origanum gracile K. Koch, Origanum tyttanthum Gontscharov

ENGLISH :  Khirgizstan oregano, Turkish oregano.

FRENCH :   Origan Kirgischer (Switzerland).

GERMAN :   Kirgischer Origan (Switzerland), Kirgisischer oregano, Türkischer oregano.

HUNGARIAN :  Török oregánó.

SPANISH :  Orégano de Turquía, Orégano turco.


 Photograph of flowers by Philippe Détraz at  Le Jardin des Senteurs.
Photograph of  young leaves (close-up) by Rabi Gábor.

Origanum vulgare L. subsp. hirtum (Link) Ietsw.

SYNONYM(S) :   Origanum hirtum Link

ENGLISH :   True greek oregano.

FRENCH :   Origan de Grèce, Origan grec.

GERMAN :  Griechischer Oregano, Pizza Oregano.

GREEK :   Ορίγανον το κοινόν,   Ρίγανη.

HUNGARIAN :  Görög oregánó.

KOREAN :     오레가노.

SPANISH :  Orégano de Grecia,  Orégano griego.

TURKISH :    İstanbul kekiği.
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. virens (Hoffmanns. & Link) Ietsw.

SYNONYM(S) :   Origanum virens Hoffmanns. & Link

FRENCH :   Origan d'Espagne.
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. viridulum (Martrin-Donos) Nyman

SYNONYM(S) :   Origanum albiflorum C. Koch, Origanum angustifolium C. Koch, Origanum heracleoticum L., Origanum viride (Boissier) Halácsy

ENGLISH :  Greek oregano, Sicilian oregano, Winter marjoram.

FINNISH :  Kreikkalainen oregano.

SWEDISH : Grekisk oregano.

GERMAN :  Griechischer Oregano.


Photograph of  young leaves (close-up) by Rabi Gábor.
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare 

SYNONYM(S) :   Origanum creticum L.,   Origanum latifolium Mill.,  Origanum vulgare L. subsp. genuinum Gaudin, Thymus origanum (L.) Kuntze


Most common names applied to the species would fit this subspecies.

 



HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Origanum Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.   < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Origanum.html > (2007).

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Online

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary
 

Détraz Philippe , 2001 - 2004, Le Jardin des Senteurs. < http://www.jardin-des-senteurs.ch/catalogue/affiche.asp?v_lettre=o >. Many cultivar names.

Katzer Gernot, 2005, Spice pages. Marjoram (Maiorana hortensis Moench.) 
< http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Maio_hor.html >.

Katzer Gernot, 2005, Spice pages. Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.)
< http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Orig_vul.html >.

Rabi Gábor, 2005,  Oregánó. Oregánó fajták és változatok ismeretetése.  < http://web.axelero.hu/arbix/fuszer/origanums/oregano.html#V4 >. (Hungarian names photos and descriptions)

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?origanum (20 May 2005). (GRIN)


 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 


Note

"Knospenmajoran (Deutscher Majoran)" remains to be identified.






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