Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(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