What is Origanum?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Origanum'' | image = Origanum-vulgare.JPG | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Origanum vulgare'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Lamiaceae]] | genus = '''''Origanum''''' | genus_authority = [[Joseph Pitton de Tournefort|Tourn.]] ex [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Origanum''' is a [[genus]] of [[herb]]s. They are native to the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Asia]]. well-known members include [[Oregano]] and [[Marjoram]]. Some of the species are used by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] [[species]]. {{biology-stub}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q205265}} [[Category:Herbs]] [[Category:Lamiaceae]]