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

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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