Thymus caespititius

Thymus caespititius

Thymus caespititius

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. Micantes
Species: Thymus caespititius

Name

Thymus caespititius Brot., Fl. Lusit. 1: 176 (1804).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Origanum caespititium (Brot.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 528 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Thymus azoricus G.Lodd., Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1530 (1830), nom. nud.
  • Thymus micans Sol. ex Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 19 (1831).
  • Thymus caespititius var. macranthus Samp., Bol. Soc. Brot. 18: 178 (1902).
  • Thymus caespititius var. albicans J.Blanco & F.M.Vázquez, Folia Bot. Extremadur. 1: 44 (2007).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Portugal, Spain. Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Madeira. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brotero, F.A. 1804. Flora Lusitanica, seu Plantarum, quae in Lusitania vel Sponte Crescunt, vel frequentius coluntur, ex florum praesertim sexubus systematice distributarum, synopsis. Vol. 1. 607 pp. Typographia Regia, Lisboa. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Morales, R. 2010. Thymus. Pp. 349–409 in Castroviejo, S.†, Morales, R., Quintanar, A., Cabezas, F., Pujadas, A. & Cirujano, S. (eds.), Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XII. Verbenaceae − Labiatae − Callitrichaceae. liv + 650 pp., Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-00-09041-8. PDF. Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Thymus caespititius. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 10 May. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Thymus caespititius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Thymus caespititius. Published online. Accessed: 10 May 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Azores thyme
español: Tomillo ratero
svenska: kryptimjan

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