Thymbra (plant)

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Mediterranean thyme
Thymbra capitata Ghajn Tuffieha Malta 02.jpg
Thymbra capitata in Malta [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Thymbra
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Synonyms [2]
  • AbulfaliAdans.
  • CoridothymusRchb.f.

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]

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  1. Micromeria acropolitanaHalácsy - Greece
  2. Micromeria albanica(K.Malý) Šilic - Albania, Yugoslavia
  3. Micromeria × angosturaeP.Pérez Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. tenuis subsp. linkii × M. varia subsp. canariensis)
  4. Micromeria arganietorum(Emb.) R.Morales - Morocco
  5. Micromeria benthamiiWebb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  6. Micromeria × benthamineolensSvent. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. pineolens)
  7. Micromeria biflora(Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth. - Himalayas from Afghanistan to Myanmar
  8. Micromeria × bourlieriMaire & Le Lièvre - Algeria, Morocco (M. graeca × M. inodora)
  9. Micromeria brivesiiBatt. - Morocco
  10. Micromeria × broussonetiiA.Santos, A.Acev.-Rodr. & Reyes-Bet. - Canary Islands (M. densiflora × M. varia)
  11. Micromeria browicziiZiel. & Kit Tan - Greece
  12. Micromeria chionistraeMeikle - Cyprus
  13. Micromeria conferta(Coss. & Daveau) Stefani - Libya
  14. Micromeria × confusaG.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. lanata)
  15. Micromeria cremnophilaBoiss. & Heldr. - Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
  16. Micromeria cristata(Hampe) Griseb. - Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Iran, Cyprus
  17. Micromeria croatica(Pers.) Schott - Albania, Yugoslavia
  18. Micromeria cymuligeraBoiss. & Hausskn. - Turkey
  19. Micromeria danaensisDanin - Jordan
  20. Micromeria debilisPomel - Algeria, Morocco
  21. Micromeria densifloraBenth. - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  22. Micromeria ellipticaK.Koch - Turkey
  23. Micromeria filiformis(Aiton) Benth. - Corsica, Sardinia, Balearic Islands
  24. Micromeria flacca(Nábelek) Hedge - Turkey, Iraq
  25. Micromeria flagellarisBaker - Madagascar
  26. Micromeria fontanesiiPomel - Algeria, Morocco
  27. Micromeria forbesiiBenth. - Cape Verde Islands
  28. Micromeria fruticosa(L.) Druce - Eastern Mediterranean
  29. Micromeria glomerataP.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  30. Micromeria graeca(L.) Benth. ex Rchb. - Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey
  31. Micromeria guichardii(Quézel & Zaffran) Brullo & Furnari - Libya
  32. Micromeria hedgeiRech.f. - Iran
  33. Micromeria helianthemifoliaWebb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  34. Micromeria herpyllomorphaWebb & Berthel. - La Palma in the Canary Islands
  35. Micromeria hispidaBoiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. - Crete
  36. Micromeria hochreutineri(Briq.) Maire - Algeria, Morocco
  37. Micromeria × hybridaZagan - Greece including Crete (M. graeca × M. nervosa)
  38. Micromeria hyssopifoliaWebb & Berthel. - Tenerife + El Hierro in the Canary Islands
  39. Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.)C.Chr. - Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia to Transvaal, Arabian Peninsula
  40. Micromeria inodora(Desf.) Benth. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain including Balearic Islands
  41. Micromeria × intermediaG.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. helianthemifolia)
  42. Micromeria juliana(L.) Benth. ex Rchb. - Mediterranean
  43. Micromeria kerneriMurb. - Yugoslavia
  44. Micromeria lachnophyllaWebb & Berthel. - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  45. Micromeria lanata(C.Sm. ex Link) Benth. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  46. Micromeria lasiophyllaWebb & Berthel. - Canary Islands
  47. Micromeria lepidaWebb & Berthel. La Gomera in the Canary Islands
  48. Micromeria leucanthaSvent. ex P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  49. Micromeria longipedunculataBräuchler - Yugoslavia, Albania
  50. Micromeria macrosiphonCoss. - Morocco
  51. Micromeria madagascariensisBaker - Madagascar
  52. Micromeria marginata(Sm.) Chater - Alpes Maritimes in France, Liguria + Sardinia in Italy
  53. Micromeria × meteoricaHausskn. - Greece (M. cremnophila × M. juliana)
  54. Micromeria microphylla(d'Urv.) Benth. - Balearic Islands, Sicily, Malta, southern mainland Italy, Crete, Cyprus, Libya
  55. Micromeria monantha(Font Quer) R.Morales - Morocco
  56. Micromeria myrtifoliaBoiss. & Hohen. - from Greece to Iran
  57. Micromeria nervosa(Desf.) Benth. - Mediterranean from Algeria + Balearic Islands to Turkey
  58. Micromeria × nogalesiiG.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  59. Micromeria peltieri(Maire) R.Morales - Morocco
  60. Micromeria × perez-paziiG.Kunkel - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. tenuis)
  61. Micromeria persicaBoiss. - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  62. Micromeria pineolensSvent. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  63. Micromeria × preauxiiWebb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. varia subsp. canariensis)
  64. Micromeria pseudocroaticaŠilic - Yugoslavia
  65. Micromeria rivas-martineziiWildpret - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  66. Micromeria serbalianaDanin & Hedge - Sinai
  67. Micromeria sinaicaBenth. - Sinai, Israel
  68. Micromeria sphacioticaBoiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.- Crete
  69. Micromeria sphaerophyllaBaker - Madagascar
  70. Micromeria suborbicularis(Alain) Borhidi - Cuba
  71. Micromeria × tagananensisP.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands (M. glomerata × M. varia)
  72. Micromeria teneriffae(Poir.) Benth. ex G.Don - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  73. Micromeria tenuis(Link) Webb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  74. Micromeria unguentariaSchweinf. - Ethiopia
  75. Micromeria variaBenth. - Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands
  76. Micromeria weilleri(Maire) R.Morales - Morocco
  77. Micromeria × wildpretiiP.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands (M. rivas-martinezii × M. varia)
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Echinaria is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Echinaria capitata, native to the Mediterranean Region as well as the Southwest and Central Asia.

<i>Thymus capitatus</i> Species of flowering plant

Thymus capitatus is a compact, woody perennial native to Mediterranean Europe and Turkey, more commonly known as conehead thyme, Persian-hyssop and Spanish oregano. It is also known under the name Thymbra capitata.

<i>Ziziphora capitata</i> Species of plant

Ziziphora capitata is an annual herb in the family Lamiaceae. It grows from the Mediterranean basin to Iran including the Sinai, Palestine / Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Balkans, southern Russia, Caucasus, and northern Iraq.

<i>Michauxia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Michauxia is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains 7 known species native to southwestern Asia.

Cyclotrichium is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1953. The entire genus is endemic to southwestern Asia.

  1. Cyclotrichium depauperatum(Bunge) Manden. & Scheng. - western Iran
  2. Cyclotrichium glabrescens(Boiss. ex Rech.f.) Leblebici - southeastern Turkey
  3. Cyclotrichium haussknechtii(Bunge) Manden. & Scheng. - western Iran
  4. Cyclotrichium leucotrichum(Stapf ex Rech.f.) Leblebici - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  5. Cyclotrichium longiflorumLeblebici - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  6. Cyclotrichium niveum(Boiss.) Manden. & Scheng - eastern Turkey
  7. Cyclotrichium origanifolium(Labill.) Manden. & Scheng. - Lebanon, Syria, southern Turkey
  8. Cyclotrichium stamineum(Boiss. & Hohen.) Manden. & Scheng. - Iraq, Turkey
  9. Cyclotrichium straussii(Bornm.) Rech.f. - western Iran
<i>Lophanthus</i> Genus of flowering plants

Lophanthus is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1763. It is native to central and southwestern Asia from Turkey to Mongolia, with many of the species endemic to Iran.

  1. Lophanthus adenocladus(Bornm.) Levin - Iran
  2. Lophanthus allotrius(Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
  3. Lophanthus archibaldii(Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
  4. Lophanthus chinensisBenth. - Mongolia, Xinjiang, Siberia
  5. Lophanthus depauperatus(Benth.) Levin - Iran
  6. Lophanthus dschuparensis(Bornm.) Levin - Iran
  7. Lophanthus elegans(Lipsky) Levin - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  8. Lophanthus hedgei(Freitag) A.L.Budantzev - Afghanistan
  9. Lophanthus iranshahrii(Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
  10. Lophanthus kryloviiLipsky - Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Altai
  11. Lophanthus laxiflorus(Benth.) Levin - Iran
  12. Lophanthus michauxii(Briq.) Levin - Iran
  13. Lophanthus ouroumitanensis(Franch.) Kochk. & Zuckerw. - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  14. Lophanthus oxyodontus(Boiss.) Levin - Iran
  15. Lophanthus pinetorum(Aitch. & Hemsl.) Levin - Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas
  16. Lophanthus schrenkiiLevin - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  17. Lophanthus schtschurowskianus(Regel) Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  18. Lophanthus sessilifolius(Bunge) Levin - Iran, Pakistan
  19. Lophanthus subnivalisLipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  20. Lophanthus tibeticusC.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang - Tibet
  21. Lophanthus tschimganicusLipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
  22. Lophanthus turcicusDirmenci, Yıldız & Hedge - Turkey
  23. Lophanthus varzobicusKochk. - Tajikistan
<i>Prasium</i> Genus of flowering plants

Prasium, common name white hedge-nettle, is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1982. It contains only one known species, Prasium majus, first described for modern science in 1753. It is native to Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Mediterranean region of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, as far east as Turkey and Israel.

<i>Satureja thymbra</i> Species of plant

Satureja thymbra, commonly known as savory of Crete, whorled savory, pink savory, and Roman hyssop, is a perennial-green plant of the family Lamiaceae, having strongly scented leaves, endemic to Libya, southeastern Europe from Sardinia to Turkey; Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel (Palestine). The dwarf shrub is noted for its dark-green leaves, and grows to a height of 20–50 cm., bearing pink to purple flowers which blossom between late March and late May to early June.

Bufonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

References

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