Thymus praecox

Thymus praecox subsp. polytrichus, Traunstein, Upper Austria, Austria

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. Pseudomarginati
Species: Thymus praecox
Subspecies: T. p. subsp. britannicus – T. p. subsp. caucasicus – T. p. subsp. grossheimii – T. p. subsp. parvulus – T. p. subsp. polytrichus – T. p. subsp. praecox – T. p. subsp. widderi – T. p. subsp. zygiformis

Name

Thymus praecox Opiz, Naturalientausch 6: 40 (1824).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Thymus serpyllum subsp. praecox (Opiz) Vollm., Fl. Bayern: 635 (1914).
  • Thymus serpyllum var. praecox (Opiz) Briq., Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 7: 234 (1894).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland Regional: Northern Europe Greenland, Føroyar, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Regional: Western Asia Turkey, Iran Introduced into: Illinois References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Opiz, P.M. (1824) Naturalientausch 6: 40.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Thymus praecox in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 30. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Thymus praecox. 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 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Thymus praecox. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 April 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Thymus praecox. Published online. Accessed: April 30 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thymus praecox in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Thymus praecox Opiz in The Euro+Med Plantbase

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Frühblühender Thymian
English: Wild Thyme
suomi: Nummiajuruoho
français: Thym précoce, Serpolet couché, Serpolet couchet
Nederlands: Kruiptijm
polski: Macierzanka wczesna

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