Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Lamiales (201)
Family: Lamiaceae (100)(family description)
Genus: Origanum (1)
Epithet: vulgare L. (11)
Synonyms: Origanum creticum Lour., Origanum floridum Salisb., Origanum purpurascens Gilib., Origanum wallichianum Benth. ex Wall., Thymus origanum Kuntze
floridum => flowering
purpurascens => purplish or turning purple
vulgare => common, everyday
wallichianum => in honor of Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), Danish surgeon and botanist who worked in India