Taxon:
Hyssopus officinalis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:569. 1753
Verified:
04/25/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
hyssop – English (Canada)
hyssop – French
hysope officinale – French (Canada)
hysope officinale – German
Ysop – Portuguese
hissopo – Spanish
hisopo – Swedish
isop – Transcribed Chinese
shen xiang cao – Transliterated Russian
issop obyknovennyj –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | Krym | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Slovakia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | Canada | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | North America | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria (n.), Morocco
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran (n.), Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Ukraine (incl. Krym)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Ukraine [Krym]
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
Northern America
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REGION:
Canada, United States
Naturalized
Europe
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Materials | essential oils | used in perfumery | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Materials | essential oils | used in perfumery | Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. |
Medicines | folklore | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |