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Thymus
The genus Thymus (/ˈtaɪməs/ TY-məs; thymes) contains about 350 species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs to 40 cm tall in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions in Europe, North Africa and Asia.
13 branches of this group, most-observed first
common thyme
speciesThymus vulgaris
Sauce Thyme
speciesThymus zygis
Thymus capitellatus
speciesThymus capitellatus
Camphor Thyme
speciesThymus camphoratus
Portuguese Thyme
speciesThymus carnosus
Gibraltar thyme
speciesThymus willdenowii
Winter thyme
speciesThymus hyemalis
Thymus baeticus
speciesThymus baeticus
Thymus serpylloides
speciesThymus serpylloides
Thymus orospedanus
speciesThymus orospedanus
Thymus loscosii
speciesThymus loscosii
Thymus
subsectionThymus
Thymastra
subsectionThymastra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.367
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.126
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.861
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.859
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.115
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.211
In the stacks
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Every page naming Thymus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1120464.