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| Mediterranean thyme | |
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| Thymbra capitata in Malta [1] | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Genus: |
Thymbra L. |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Thymbra, common name Mediterranean thyme, [3] is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. As currently categorized, the genus has seven species and one subspecies. [4] It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [2] [5]
- Species [2]
- Thymbra calostachya (Rech.f.) Rech.f. - Crete
- Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. - widespread from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey + Palestine
- Thymbra sintenisii Bornm. & Azn. - Iraq, Turkey
- Thymbra spicata L. - Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iran
- Thymbra thymbrifolia (Hedge & Feinbrun) Bräuchler, comb. nov. - Israel, Palestine, Judean Desert, Khirbet el Mird [4]
- Thymbra nabateorum (Danin & Hedge) Bräuchler, comb. nov. - W of Jordan and the adjacent N of Saudi Arabia [4]
- Thymbra linearifolia (Brullo & Furnari) Bräuchler, comb. nov. - Libya [4]
References
- ^ Photograph by Denis Barthel
- ^ a b c "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo. Mediterranean thyme, Thymbra capitata (L.) Cavanilles
- ^ a b c d Bräuchler, Christian (12 September 2018). "Delimitation and revision of the genus Thymbra (Lamiaceae)". Phytotaxa. 369 (1): 15–27. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.369.1.2. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via biotaxa.org.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Timo arbustivo Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. includes photos plus European distribution map