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Thymus

The genus Thymus is in the family Lamiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Thymus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Thymus adamovicii Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × ahimae M.B.Crespo, M.A.Alonso & Riera Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × aitanae Mateo, M.B.Crespo & E.Laguna Accepted H WCSP
Thymus alatauensis (Klokov & Des.-Shost.) Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus albicans Hoffmanns. & Link Accepted H WCSP
Thymus alfredae Post Accepted H WCSP
Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × almeriensis G.López & R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × almijarensis Ruíz Torre & Ruíz Cast. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus alpestris (Celak.) Tausch ex A.Kern. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus altaicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus amurensis Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus antoninae Rouy & Coincy Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × aragonensis Mateo, M.B.Crespo & N.E.Mercadal Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × arcanus G.López & R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × arcuatus R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × arenarius Bernh. ex Rchb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × arenicola Sennen & Mauricio Accepted H WCSP
Thymus argaeus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss. & Balansa Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × armuniae R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus arsenijevii Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus artvinicus Ponert Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × arundanus Willk. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × athous Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus atticus Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus aznavourii Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus baeticus Boiss. ex Lacaita Accepted H WCSP
Thymus baicalensis Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bashkiriensis Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × beltraniae Socorro, Espinar & Arrebola Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × benitorum Mateo, Mercadal & Pisco Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × bermius Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bihoriensis Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bleicherianus Pomel Accepted H WCSP
Thymus boissieri Halácsy Accepted H WCSP
Thymus borgiae Rivas Mart., A.Molina & G.Navarro Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bornmuelleri Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus borysthenicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × borzygis Mateo & M.B.Crespo Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bovei Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × brachychaetus (Willk.) Cout. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus brachychilus Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bracteatus Lange ex Cutanda Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bracteosus Vis. ex Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × bractichina R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus brevipetiolatus Cap Accepted H WCSP
Thymus broussonetii Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus bulgaricus (Domin & Podp.) Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × bulsanensis (Ronniger) Machule Accepted H WCSP
Thymus caespititius Brot. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus calcareus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus callieri Borb. ex Velen. Accepted M TRO
Thymus camphoratus Hoffmanns. & Link Accepted H WCSP
Thymus canoviridis Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus capitellatus Hoffmanns. & Link Accepted H WCSP
Thymus cappadocicus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus cariensis Hub.-Mor. & Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus carmanicus Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus carnosus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × carolipaui Mateo & M.B.Crespo Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × carrionii F.Sáez & Sánchez Gómez Accepted H WCSP
Thymus catharinae Camarda Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × celtibericus Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus cephalotes L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus cherlerioides Vis. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus ciliatopubescens (Halácsy) Halácsy Accepted H WCSP
Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Balansa Accepted H WCSP
Thymus cimicinus Blume ex Ledeb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus collinus M.Bieb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus comosus Heuff. ex Griseb. & Schenk Accepted H WCSP
Thymus comptus Friv. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus convolutus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus coriifolius Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus crebrifolius Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × cremnophilus Káp Accepted H WCSP
Thymus crenulatus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus curtus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dacicus Borbás Accepted H WCSP
Thymus daenensis Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus daghestanicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dahuricus Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus decussatus Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus degenii Heinr.Braun Accepted H WCSP
Thymus desjatovae Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × diazii Alcaraz, Rivas Mart. & Sánchez-Gómez Accepted H WCSP
Thymus didukhii V.M.Ostapko Accepted H WCSP
Thymus diminutus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × dimorphus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus disjunctus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus diversifolius Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dmitrievae Gamajun. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus doerfleri Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dolomiticus Coste Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dolopicus Formánek Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dreatensis Batt. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus dzalindensis Prob. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus eigii (Zohary & P.H.Davis) Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus elegans Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × eliasii Sennen & Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus elisabethae Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus eltonicus Klokov & Desjat.-Shost. Accepted M TRO
Thymus embergeri Roussine Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × enicensis Blanca & al. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus eravinensis Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus eremita Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus eriocalyx (Ronniger) Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus eupatoriensis Klokov & Desjat.-Shost. Accepted M TRO
Thymus extremus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus fallax Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × faustinoi Sánchez-Gómez, López Esp., Sánchez Saorín & R.Mora Accepted H WCSP
Thymus fedtschenkoi Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus flabellatus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus fontqueri (Jalas) Molero & Rovira Accepted H WCSP
Thymus funkii Coss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × genesianus Galán Cela Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × georgicus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus gobi-altaicus (N.Ulziykh.) Kamelin & A.L.Budantsev Accepted H WCSP
Thymus gobicus Czern. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus godayanus Rivas Mart., A.Molina & G.Navarro Accepted H WCSP
Thymus granatensis Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus grisebachii Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus groenlandicus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus grossheimii Ronn. Accepted M TRO
Thymus guberlinensis Iljin Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × guerrae F.Sáez & Sánchez Gómez Accepted H WCSP
Thymus guyonii Noë Accepted H WCSP
Thymus haussknechtii Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus helendzhicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × henriquesii Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus herba-barona Loisel. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus heterotrichus Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × hieronymi Sennen Accepted H WCSP
Thymus hohenackeri Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus holosericeus Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × hybridus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus hyemalis Lange Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × ibericus Sennen & Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus iljinii Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus incertus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × indalicus Blanca & al. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus indigirkensis Karav. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus integer Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus izcoi Rivas Mart., A.Molina & G.Navarro Accepted H WCSP
Thymus japonicus (H.Hara) Kitag. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × jimenezii Socorro, Arrebola & Espinar Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × josephi-angeli Mansanet & Aguil. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus karamarianicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus karatavicus Dmitrieva Accepted H WCSP
Thymus karavaevii Doronkin Accepted H WCSP
Thymus karjaginii Grossh. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus kimishepensis Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus kirgisorum Dubj. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus koeieanus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus komarovii Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus kondratjukii V.M.Ostapko Accepted H WCSP
Thymus kosteleckyanus Opiz Accepted H WCSP
Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus krylovii Byczenn. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus kuminovianus Peshkova Accepted M TRO
Thymus lacaitae Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus laconicus Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus ladjanuricus Kem.-Nath. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × lainzii Sánchez Gómez, S.Fernández Jimenez & F.Sáez Accepted H WCSP
Thymus lanceolatus Desf. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus lavrenkoanus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus leptophyllus Lange Accepted H WCSP
Thymus leucospermus Hartvig Accepted H WCSP
Thymus leucostomus Hausskn. & Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus leucotrichus Halácsy Accepted H WCSP
Thymus levitskyi Prob. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus linearis Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × littoralis Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus longicaulis C.Presl Accepted H WCSP
Thymus longidentatus (Degen & Urum.) Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus longiflorus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus loscosii Willk. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus lotocephalus G.López & R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus magnificus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus majkopiensis Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus mandschuricus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus markhotensis Maleev Accepted H WCSP
Thymus maroccanus Ball Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × martinezii Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus mastichina (L.) L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × mastichinalis Sánchez Gómez & F.Sáez Accepted H WCSP
Thymus mastigophorus Lacaita Accepted H WCSP
Thymus membranaceus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × mercadalii Mateo & Pisco Accepted H WCSP
Thymus michaelis Kamelin & A.L.Budantsev Accepted H WCSP
Thymus migricus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus minussinensis Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × mixtus Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus mohamedii Tahiri & Rejdali Accepted H WCSP
Thymus moldavicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus mongolicus (Ronniger) Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × monrealensis Pau ex R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × moralesii Mateo & M.B.Crespo Accepted H WCSP
Thymus moroderi Pau ex Martínez Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × mourae Paiva & Salgueiro Accepted H WCSP
Thymus mugodzharicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus munbyanus Boiss. & Reut. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus musilii Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus nakhodkensis Gorovoj & Dudkin Accepted H WCSP
Thymus narymensis Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus nerczensis Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus nervosus J.Gay ex Coste Accepted H WCSP
Thymus neurophyllus (Rech.f.) R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus nitens Lamotte Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × novocastellanus Mateo, M.B.Crespo & Pisco Accepted H WCSP
Thymus novograblenovii Prob. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus numidicus Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus nummularius M.Bieb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × oblongifolius Opiz Accepted H WCSP
Thymus ochotensis Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus odoratissimus Mill. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus oehmianus Ronniger & Soska Accepted H WCSP
Thymus oenipontanus Heinr.Braun Accepted H WCSP
Thymus orespedanus Villar Accepted H WCSP
Thymus origanoides Webb & Berthel. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pallasianus Heinr.Braun Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pallescens Noë Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × paradoxus Rouy Accepted H WCSP
Thymus parnassicus Halácsy Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pastoralis Iljin Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × pastoris Socorro & Arrebola Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pavlovii Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pectinatus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus perinicus (Velen.) Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus persicus (Ronniger ex Rech.f.) Jalas Accepted H WCSP
Thymus petraeus Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus phyllopodus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus piperella L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus plasonii Adamovic Accepted H WCSP
Thymus praecox Opiz Accepted H WCSP
Thymus proximus Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × pseudograniticus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pseudohirsutus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pseudohumillimus Klokov & Desjat.-Shost. Accepted M TRO
Thymus × pseudostepposus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × pseudothracicus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pubescens Boiss. & Kotschy ex Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pulchellus C.A.Mey. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pulcherrimus Schur Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pulegioides L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus pulvinatus Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus punctulosus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus purpureoviolaceus Bychennikova & Kuvaev Accepted H WCSP
Thymus putoranicus Bychennikova & Kuvaev Accepted H WCSP
Thymus quinquecostatus Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × ramonianus Paiva & Salgueiro Accepted H WCSP
Thymus rasitatus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus reverdattoanus Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus revolutus Celak. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus riatarum Humbert & Maire Accepted H WCSP
Thymus richardii Pers. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × riojanus Uribe-Ech. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus roegneri K.Koch Accepted H WCSP
Thymus roseus Schipcz. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × rubioi Font Quer Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × ruiz-latorrei C.Vicioso Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sachalinensis Prob. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus samius Ronniger & Rech.f. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus saturejoides Coss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus schimperi Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus schischkinii Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × schistosus Lyka Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × segurae Mateo & M.B.Crespo Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × sennenii Pau Accepted H WCSP
Thymus seravschanicus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sergievskajae Karav. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus serpylloides Bory Accepted H WCSP
Thymus serpyllum L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus serrulatus Hochst. ex Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sessilifolius Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × severianoi Uribe-Ech. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sibiricus (Serg.) Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sibthorpii Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sipyleus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus skopjensis Micevski & Matevski Accepted H WCSP
Thymus sokolovii Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus spathulifolius Hausskn. & Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus spinulosus Ten. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus stojanovii Degen Accepted H WCSP
Thymus striatus Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Thymus subarcticus Klokov & Desjat.-Shost. Accepted M TRO
Thymus subcollinus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × subramosus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus substriatus Borbás Accepted H WCSP
Thymus syriacus Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus talijevii Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus targuistii Tahiri & Rejdali Accepted H WCSP
Thymus tauricus Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus terskeicus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus teucrioides Boiss. & Spruner Accepted H WCSP
Thymus thracicus Velen. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus tiflisiensis Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × toletanus Ladero Accepted H WCSP
Thymus transcaspicus Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus transcaucasicus Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus trautvetteri Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × tschernjaievii Klokov & Des.-Shost. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × tschernjajevii Klokov & Desjat.-Shost. Accepted M TRO
Thymus turczaninovii Serg. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus ussuriensis Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus vavilovii Klokov Accepted H WCSP
Thymus verchojanicus Doronkin Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × viciosoi Pau ex R.Morales Accepted H WCSP
Thymus villosus L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × vivariensis Coste & Revol Accepted H WCSP
Thymus vulgaris L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × welwitschii Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus willdenowii Boiss. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus willkommii Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × xilocae Mateo & M.B.Crespo Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × zedelmejeri Ronniger Accepted H WCSP
Thymus zygioides Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus zygis L. Accepted H WCSP
Thymus × zygophorus R.Morales Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,034 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Thymus. Of these 318 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 693 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Thymus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,034 species names for the genus Thymus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 318 30.8%
◕ Synonym 558 54.0%
◕ Unplaced 141 13.6%
◕ Unassessed 17 1.6%

All names

The status of the 1,727 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Thymus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 375 21.7%
◕ Synonym 1,190 68.9%
◕ Unplaced 143 8.3%
◕ Unassessed 19 1.1%

Of these names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 1,034 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Thymus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 310 543 0 0 853 82.5%
Medium confidence 8 10 0 0 18 1.7%
Low confidence 0 5 141 17 163 15.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Thymus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 8 11 0 8 0 27 2.6%
WCSP 310 547 141 8 1 1,007 97.4%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1%