Taxon: Lippia graveolens Kunth

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Common names:

• Mexican oregano   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• Mexican-sage   (Source: CultTropS ) – English
  
• origan marjolaine   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• amerikanisches Oregano   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• hierba dulce   (Source: F Veracruz ) – Spanish
  
• orégano   (Source: F Veracruz ) – Spanish
  
• mexikansk oregano   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide F Guat; L Edible Pl)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Ency CNatIn; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.], Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Federal District, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Lundell, C. L. et al. 1942–1969. Flora of Texas, 3 vol.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lippia graveolens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lippia graveolens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lippia graveolens.

Check other web resources for Lippia graveolens Kunth:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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