OUTER AND INNER MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SATUREJA & THYMBRA TAXA EXPORTED AS OREGANO FROM TURKEY II

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 13 - 32, 11.09.2019

Narin Sadikoglu Neriman Özhatay

Abstract

Oregano, a collective name of a group of taxa that
has been used as spice. Different genera and species of the family Lamiaceae that
contain thymol and carvacrol are being used as oregano. In Turkey, there are 9
taxa that belong to 3 genera which are being exported as oregano. In the outer
and inner morphological characteristics of the taxa Satureja thymbra L., Satureja cuneifolia Ten.,
Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. and Thymbra spicata L. subsp. spicata
which are exported as oregano have
been reported. Distribution maps of the four taxa have been presented based on
the examined specimens kept in the 15 herbaria. The specimens are listed in the
appendix and local usage and vernacular names are shown as tables.

Keywords

anatomy, morphology, oregano, Satureja, Thymbra, Turkey

Supporting Institution

The Researc Fund of Istanbul University

Project Number

T-1115

Thanks

The authors are grateful to the officials of Forestry and Agricultural Administrations for their help in field studies also B. Saruhan (Tamsan), A. Aji (Figsan), E.R. Roditi, Timtaş, E. Pariente (Demar), M. Yakıcı (Ardıç Tarım), F. F. Türkmen (Türkmen Tarım), A. İnan (İnan Tarım), S. Özdemir (Özdrog Yağ, Tic. San.), M. Kara, N. Şentürk, M. Kayacan and M. & M. Berber for providing commercial material.

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