Coridothymus

<i>Thymbra</i> (plant)

Thymbra (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Photograph by Denis Barthel
  2. [2]
    "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo. Mediterranean thyme, Thymbra capitata (L.) Cavanilles
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    Altervista Flora Italiana, Timo arbustivo Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. includes photos plus European distribution map
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