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Thymes
Thymus
The genus Thymus ( TY-məs; thymes) contains about 350 species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean area of Europe, North Africa and Turkey.
Several members of the genus are cultivated as culinary herbs or ornamentals, when they are also called thyme after its best-known species, Thymus vulgaris or common thyme.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Serpyllum
sectionSerpyllum
Thymus
sectionThymus
Mastichina
sectionMastichina
Hyphodromi
sectionHyphodromi
Pseudothymbra
sectionPseudothymbra
Micantes
sectionMicantes
Thymus baicalensis
speciesThymus baicalensis
Lemon Thyme
hybridThymus × citriodorus
Thymus odoratissimus
speciesThymus odoratissimus
Thymus bashkiriensis
speciesThymus bashkiriensis
Thymus gobicus
speciesThymus gobicus
Thymus dzevanovskyi
speciesThymus dzevanovskyi
Thymus callieri
speciesThymus callieri
Woolly Thyme
speciesThymus pseudolanuginosus
Thymus kosteleckyanus
speciesThymus kosteleckyanus
Thymus punctulosus
speciesThymus punctulosus
Thymus dolomiticus
speciesThymus dolomiticus
Thymus embergeri
speciesThymus embergeri
Thymus subarcticus
speciesThymus subarcticus
Thymus oenipontanus
speciesThymus oenipontanus
Thymus glabricaulis
speciesThymus glabricaulis
Thymus dubjanskyi
speciesThymus dubjanskyi
Piperella
sectionPiperella
Thymus roegneri
speciesThymus roegneri
Thymus evenkiensis
speciesThymus evenkiensis
Thymus × porcii
hybridThymus × porcii
Thymus putoranicus
speciesThymus putoranicus
Thymus × littoralis
hybridThymus × littoralis
Thymus ternejicus
speciesThymus ternejicus
Thymus indigirkensis
speciesThymus indigirkensis
Thymus perinicus
speciesThymus perinicus
Thymus × cimicinus
hybridThymus × cimicinus
Thymus stepposus
speciesThymus stepposus
Teucrioides
sectionTeucrioides
Thymus kondratjukii
speciesThymus kondratjukii
Thymus doerfleri
speciesThymus doerfleri
Thymus sergievskajae
speciesThymus sergievskajae
Thymus rasitatus
speciesThymus rasitatus
Thymus × brachychaetus
hybridThymus × brachychaetus
Thymus dacicus
speciesThymus dacicus
Thymus krylovii
speciesThymus krylovii
Thymus pallidus
speciesThymus pallidus
Thymus thracicus
speciesThymus thracicus
Thymus karatavicus
speciesThymus karatavicus
Thymus dmitrievae
speciesThymus dmitrievae
Thymus × tzvelevii
hybridThymus × tzvelevii
Thymus elegans
speciesThymus elegans
Thymus catharinae
speciesThymus catharinae
Thymus sachalinensis
speciesThymus sachalinensis
Thymus × radoi
hybridThymus × radoi
Thymus chamarensis
speciesThymus chamarensis
Thymus urumovii
speciesThymus urumovii
Thymus jalasianus
speciesThymus jalasianus
Thymus nakhodkensis
speciesThymus nakhodkensis
Thymus neurophyllus
speciesThymus neurophyllus
Thymus musilii
speciesThymus musilii
Thymus pseudocollinus
speciesThymus pseudocollinus
Thymus gobi-altaicus
speciesThymus gobi-altaicus
Thymus substriatus
speciesThymus substriatus
Thymus flabellatus
speciesThymus flabellatus
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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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 81754.