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Origanum majorana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 590 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000260658.

Synonyms of Origanum majorana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Majorana dubia (Boiss.) Briq. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 307 (1896) wfo-0000233542
Majorana fragrans Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837) wfo-0000233543
Majorana hortensis Moench Methodus : 406 (1794) wfo-0000233544
Majorana majorana (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot. : 999 (1886) wfo-0000233546
Majorana mexicana M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 191 (1844) wfo-0000233549
Majorana ovalifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 350 (1812) wfo-0000233558
Majorana ovatifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 351 (1812) wfo-0000233559
Majorana suffruticosa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837) wfo-0000233565
Majorana tenuifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 86 (1837) wfo-0000233567
Majorana tenuifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-0000233568
Majorana uncinata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 353 (1812) wfo-0000233571
Majorana vulgaris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 381 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-0000233574
Origanum confertum Pi.Savi Index Seminum (PAV, Ticinensis) 1839: [2] (1839) wfo-0000260580
Origanum dubium Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 553 (1879) wfo-0000260594
Origanum majorana var. tenuifolium Weston Bot. Univ. 3: 530 (1772) wfo-0000260659
Origanum majoranoides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 137 (1800) wfo-0000260660
Origanum odorum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 85 (1796) wfo-0000260689
Origanum salviifolium Roth Catal. Bot. 2: 48 (1800) wfo-0000260718
Thymus majorana (L.) Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig : 106 (1867) wfo-0000324343
Origanum majorana var. majoranoides (Willd.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 592 (1881) wfo-0000802181
Amaracus majorana (L.) Schinz & Thell. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 576 (1907) wfo-0000959178
Origanum syriacum subsp. dubium (Boiss.) Holmboe Stud. Veg. Cyprus 162 (1914) wfo-1200012708
Majorana cretica var. hortorum Alef. Landw. Fl. : 119 (1866) wfo-1200018225