| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Thymus L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 590. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Lamiales
 Familia - Lamiaceae Lindl.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Cephalotos Adans. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Mastichina Mill. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Serpyllum Mill. | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Thymus adamovicii Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus albicans Hoffmanns. & Link | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus alfredae Post | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus alpestris (Čelak.) Tausch ex A. Kern. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus antoninae Rouy & Coincy | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus argaeus (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. & Balansa | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus artvinicus Ponert | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus atticus Čelak. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus aznavourii Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus baeticus Boiss. ex Lacaita | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bashkiriensis Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bihoriensis Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bleicherianus Pomel | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus boissieri Halácsy | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus borgiae Rivas Mart., A. Molina & G. Navarro | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bornmuelleri Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus borysthenicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bovei Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus brachychilus Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bracteatus Lange ex Cutanda | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bracteosus Vis. ex Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus broussonetii Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus bulgaricus (Domin & Podp.) Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus caespititius Brot. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus calcareus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus camphoratus Hoffmanns. & Link | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus canoviridis Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus capitellatus Hoffmanns. & Link | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus cappadocicus Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus cariensis Hub.-Mor. & Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus carnosus Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus catharinae Camarda | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus cephalotes L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus cherlerioides Vis. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus ciliatopubescens (Halácsy) Halácsy | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus cilicicus Boiss. & Balansa | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus cimicinus Blume ex Ledeb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus collinus M. Bieb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus comosus Heuff. ex Griseb. & Schenk | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus comptus Friv. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus convolutus Klokov | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus coriifolius Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus dacicus Borbás | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus daghestanicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus decussatus Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus degenii Heinr. Braun | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus desjatovae Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus didukhii V. M. Ostapko | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus doerfleri Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus dolomiticus Coste | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus dolopicus Formánek | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus dreatensis Batt. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus eigii (Zohary & P. H. Davis) Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus elisabethae Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus embergeri Roussine | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus eriocalyx (Ronniger) Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus fallax Fisch. & C. A. Mey. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus fedtschenkoi Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus fontqueri (Jalas) Molero & Rovira | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus funkii Coss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus godayanus Rivas Mart., A. Molina & G. Navarro | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus granatensis Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus grisebachii Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus guberlinensis Iljin | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus guyonii Noë | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus haussknechtii Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus helendzhicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus herba-barona Loisel. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus heterotrichus Griseb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus hohenackeri Klokov | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus holosericeus Čelak. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus hyemalis Lange | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus integer Griseb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus izcoi Rivas Mart., A. Molina & G. Navarro | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus karamarianicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus karjaginii Grossh. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus kirgisorum Dubj. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus kondratjukii V. M. Ostapko | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus kosteleckyanus Opiz | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus lacaitae Pau | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus laconicus Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus ladjanuricus Kem.-Nath. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus lanceolatus Desf. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus leptophyllus Lange | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus leucospermus Hartvig | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus leucostomus Hausskn. & Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus leucotrichus Halácsy | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus longedentatus (Degen & Urum.) Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus longicaulis C. Presl | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus longiflorus Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus loscosii Willk. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus lotocephalus G. López & R. Morales | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus majkopiensis Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus markhotensis Maleev | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus maroccanus Ball | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus mastichina (L.) L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus mastigophorus Lacaita | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus membranaceus Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus migricus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus mohamedii Tahiri & Rejdali | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus moldavicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus moroderi Pau ex Martínez | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus mugodzharicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus munbyanus Boiss. & Reut. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus musilii Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus nervosus J. Gay ex Coste | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus nitens Lamotte | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus numidicus Poir. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus nummularius M. Bieb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus odoratissimus Mill. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus oehmianus Ronniger & Soska | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus oenipontanus Heinr. Braun | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus orespedanus Villar | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus origanoides Webb & Berthel. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pallasianus Heinr. Braun | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pallescens Noë | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus parnassicus Halácsy | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pastoralis Iljin | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pectinatus Fisch. & C. A. Mey. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus perinicus (Velen.) Jalas | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus piperella L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus plasonii Adamovic | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus praecox Opiz | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pseudohirsutus Klokov | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pubescens Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pulchellus C. A. Mey. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pulcherrimus Schur | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pulegioides L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus pulvinatus Čelak. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus revolutus Čelak. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus riatarum Humbert & Maire | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus richardii Pers. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus roegneri K. Koch | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus samius Ronniger & Rech. f. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus saturejoides Coss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus serpylloides Bory | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus serpyllum L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus sessilifolius Klokov | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus sibthorpii Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus sipyleus Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus skopjensis Micevski & Matevski | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus spathulifolius Hausskn. & Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus spinulosus Ten. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus stojanovii Degen | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus striatus Vahl | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus subcollinus Klokov | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus substriatus Borbás | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus syriacus Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus talijevii Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus targuistii Tahiri & Rejdali | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus tauricus Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus teucrioides Boiss. & Spruner | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus thracicus Velen. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus tiflisiensis Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus transcaucasicus Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus trautvetteri Klokov & Des.-Shost. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus villosus L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus vulgaris L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus willdenowii Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus willkommii Ronniger | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus zygioides Griseb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Thymus zygis L. | 
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
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