| Mediterranean thyme | |
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| Thymbra capitata in Malta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Genus: | Thymbra L. |
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Thymbra, common name Mediterranean thyme, is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. As currently categorized, the genus has seven species and one subspecies. It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
- Species
- 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
- Thymbra nabateorum (Danin & Hedge) Bräuchler, comb. nov. - W of Jordan and the adjacent N of Saudi Arabia
- Thymbra linearifolia (Brullo & Furnari) Bräuchler, comb. nov. - Libya
References
- Photograph by Denis Barthel
- ^ "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo. Mediterranean thyme, Thymbra capitata (L.) Cavanilles
- ^ 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.
- Altervista Flora Italiana, Timo arbustivo Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. includes photos plus European distribution map
External links
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| Thymbra | |