Thymbra (plant)

Mediterranean thyme
Thymbra capitata in Malta [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Genus:	Thymbra L.
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]

• 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]

References

1. Photograph by Denis Barthel
2. "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families" . Retrieved 20 May 2019.
3. Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo. Mediterranean thyme, Thymbra capitata (L.) Cavanilles
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

External links

• Practical Plants