Thymus vulgaris

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Thymus
Sectio: T. sect. Thymus
Subsectio: T. subsect. Thymus
Species: Thymus vulgaris
Subspecies: T. v. subsp. aestivus – T. v. subsp. mansanetianus – T. v. subsp. vulgaris

Thymus vulgaris L. Sp. Pl. 1: 591 (1753).

• Homotypic
  • Thymus collinus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 86 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Origanum thymus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 528. (1891), nom. nov.

T. × ahimae – T. × aitanae – T. × armuniae – T. × barrelieri – T. × citriodorus – T. × josephi-angeli – T. × lainzii – T. × monrealensis – T. × moralesii – T. × oriolalus – T. × rubioi – T. × viteki

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe (introduced) Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy. Continental: Africa (introduced) Regional: Northern Africa Algeria. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: New Zealand New Zealand South. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 591. Reference page. 

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Thymus vulgaris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Thymus vulgaris. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Thymus vulgaris. Published online. Accessed: May 01 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thymus vulgaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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