Origanum vulgare L.
(Wild Marjoram, Oregano)

Interactions where Origanum vulgare is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable Canthophorus impressus Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Canthophorus impressus/Canthophorus impressusbastard toadflax shieldbug, bastard-toadflax bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oregano? nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Questionable Canthophorus impressus Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Canthophorus impressus/Canthophorus impressusbastard toadflax shieldbug, bastard-toadflax bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oregano? adult sucks sap of
is foodplant of female Thrips origani a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips origani/Thrips origania thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oregano (6-11)female feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Neoerysiphe galeopsidis Labiate Powdery Mildew, Mint Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Neoerysiphe galeopsidis/Neoerysiphe galeopsidislabiate powdery mildew, mint mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganolive parasitises live
inflorescence inflorescence is galled by Restricted Aceria origani a gall mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Aceria origani/Aceria origania gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoinflorescenceSole causes gall of inflorescence
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Restricted Phytomyza origani a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza origani/Phytomyza origania leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleaf-mineSole puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Aphthona a genus of flea beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona/Aphthonaa genus of flea beetleslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Restricted Aphthona a genus of flea beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona/Aphthonaa genus of flea beetlesimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleafSole imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMajor Longitarsus obliteratus a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus obliteratus/Longitarsus obliteratusa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/IrelandMajor Longitarsus obliteratus a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus obliteratus/Longitarsus obliteratusa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleafMajor adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza origani a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza origani/Phytomyza origania leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Major Tenthredo thompsoni a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo thompsoni/Tenthredo thompsonia sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleafMajor nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is galled by Aphis origani an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) origani/Aphis (Aphis) origanian aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var minor an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. minor/Ramularia lamii var. minoran anamorphic fungusamphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoliveleaf amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by aecium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoliveleaf aecium causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoliveleaf pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by aecium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoliveleaf aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoliveleaf telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoliveleaf uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (stippled chlorotic) stippled chlorotic leaf has sap sucked by Eupteryx decemnotata Ligurian Leafhopper Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Sage and rosemary crops in Southern England hit by leaf hopper, Malumphy, C., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cicadellidae/Eupteryx decemnotata/Eupteryx decemnotataLigurian leafhopper Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganostippled chloroticleaf sucks sap of stippled chlorotic leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is galled by telium Puccinia thymi Thyme Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia thymi/Puccinia thymithyme rusttelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganolivepetiole telium causes gall of live petiole
shoot tip shoot tip is galled by Restricted Aceria origani a gall mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Aceria origani/Aceria origania gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganoshoot tipSole causes gall of shoot tip
stem (lower) stem (lower) may contain larva Major Squamapion flavimanum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Squamapion flavimanum/Squamapion flavimanuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganostem (lower)Major larva feeds within stem (lower)
stem (live) live stem is galled by telium Puccinia thymi Thyme Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia thymi/Puccinia thymithyme rusttelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oreganolivestem telium causes gall of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Malumphy, C., 2011Sage and rosemary crops in Southern England hit by leaf hopper2.
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram, Oregano) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOriganum vulgare (Wild Marjoram, Oregano)
GenusOriganum (marjorams)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram, Oregano)

Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram, Oregano) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram, Oregano):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram, Oregano)
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