Thymus alpestris

Thymus alpestris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Thymus
Sectio: T. sect. Serpyllum
Subsectio: T. subsect. Alternantes
Species: Thymus alpestris

Name

• Thymus alpestris (Celak.) Tausch ex A.Kern., 1881

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Thymus serpyllum f. alpestris Celak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2: 350 (1871).
• Homotypic
  • Thymus chamaedrys var. alpestris (Celak.) Celak., Flora 66: 120 (1883).
  • Thymus serpyllum subsp. alpestris (Celak.) Lyka in S.A.Jávorka, Magyar Fl.: 898 (1925), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Thymus serpyllum var. orbicularis Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 2(1): 163 (1829).
  • Thymus serpyllum f. formosus Lyka in S.A.Jávorka, Magyar Fl.: 898 (1925).
  • Thymus serpyllum f. orbicularis (Wimm. & Grab.) Lyka, Magyar Fl.: 898 (1925).
  • Thymus serpyllum f. serta-saxorum Lyka in S.A.Jávorka, Magyar Fl.: 898 (1925).
  • Thymus alpestris var. rubescens Ronniger, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 366 (1935).
  • Thymus serpyllum var. trachselianus P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 840 (1938).
  • Thymus subalpestris Klokov, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 296 (1954).
  • Thymus alpestris subvar. rubescens (Ronniger) Diklic, Fl. SR Srbije 6: 503 (1974).
  • Thymus alpestris var. opizianus P.A.Schmidt, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 12: 403 (1977).
  • Thymus alpestris f. albiflora Sigunov, Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 34: 87 (1979).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Central Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Poland, Romania, Ukraine References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tausch, I.F. ex A.Kern., 1881. Sched. Fl. Exs. Austro-Hung. 1: 56

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Thymus alpestris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Thymus alpestris. 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 April 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Thymus alpestris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 April 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Thymus alpestris. Published online. Accessed: April 28 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Wild Thyme

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