Thymus praecox

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, 2^nd 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