Europe, North Africa, North + South America Origanum × lirium Heldr. ex Halácsy - Greece (O. scabrum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum) Origanum × majoricum Cambess. – hardy sweet marjoram - Spain including Balearic Islands (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. virens) Origanum microphyllum (Benth.) Vogel - Crete Origanum × minoanum P.H.Davis - Crete (O. microphyllum × O. vulgare subsp. hirtum) Origanum minutiflorum O.Schwarz & P.H.Davis - Turkey Origanum munzurense Kit Tan & Sorger - Turkey Origanum × nebrodense Tineo ex Lojac - Sicily (O. majorana × O. vulgare subsp. viridulum) Origanum onites L. - Greece, Turkey, Sicily Origanum × pabotii Mouterde - Syria (O. bargyli × O. syriacum subsp. bevanii) Origanum pampaninii (Brullo & Furnari) Ietsw - Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya Origanum petraeum Danin - Jordan Origanum punonense Danin - Jordan Origanum ramonense Danin - Levant Origanum rotundifolium Boiss. - Turkey, Caucasus Origanum saccatum P.H.Davis - Turkey 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.) References External links Herb Society of America Fact Sheet: Oregano and Marjoram (pdf) Origanum dictamnus Lamiaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus