Thymus capitellatus

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Thymus capitellatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Thymus
Species:
T. capitellatus
Binomial name
Thymus capitellatus
Hoffmanns. & Link
Synonyms
  • Thymus mastichina var. capitellatus(Hoffmanns. & Link) Malag.
  • Thymus capitellatus var. macrocephalusRouy
  • Origanum capitellatum(Hoffmanns. & Link) Kuntze
  • Thymus capitellatus subsp. anomalusF.M.Vázquez, Pinto Gomes & Paiva Ferr.

Thymus capitellatus is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, endemic to Portugal.

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Description

Thymus capitellatus is a subshrub up to 50 cm (20 in) tall, erect. It has long, graceful stems, quadragular in section, with very short hairs. Leaves are 3.5 mm–5.5 mm × 1 mm–2 mm (0.138 in–0.217 in × 0.039 in–0.079 in), with a tomentose underside and yellowish spheroidal glands; petiolated. Inflorescence is 8–17 mm (0.31–0.67 in). Corolla up to 8 mm (0.31 in), white or cream color. Purple stamens. n = 15. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Thymus capitellatus is native to southwest Portugal and is strongly present around the Tagus Estuary and Sado Estuary, inhabiting moorlands, xerophilic scrub (cistus, heaths) and sometimes in pine, eucalyptus and acacia forests, colonizing sandy acid soils of a dune nature and above all paleodunes (stabilized dunes). [1] [3]

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References

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  2. Carapeto, A., García Murillo, P.G., Buira, A. & Monteiro-Henriques, T. (2016). "Thymus capitellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T161887A103526257. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T161887A103526257.en . Retrieved 31 March 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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