The plants have strongly aromatic leaves and abundant tubular flowers with long-lasting coloured bracts. The genus includes the important group of culinary herbs: marjoram (Origanum majorana) and oregano (Origanum vulgare).
With their decorative bracts, Origanum species and cultivars are used as ornamental plants in the garden. The cultivars 'Kent Beauty' and 'Rosenkuppel' have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Origanum scabrum Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier - Greece
Origanum sipyleum L. -Turkey, Greek Islands
Origanum solymicum P.H.Davis - Antalya region of Turkey
Origanum symes Carlström - Islands of the Aegean Sea
Origanum syriacum L. - Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Sinai, Saudi Arabia
Origanum vetteri Briq. & Barbey - Crete
Origanum vogelii Greuter & Burdet - Turkey
Origanum vulgare L. - oregano - Europe, North Africa, temperate Asia (Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, etc.); naturalized in parts of North America, New Zealand, Venezuela
Formerly placed here
Pogostemon benghalensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze (as O. benghalense Burm.f.)
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