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Genus:
Thymus (thymes) Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Lamiaceae
Seven species and one hybrid cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Thymus cephalotes
Native to Spain and Portugal.
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Thymus doerfleri
Native to Albania.
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Thymus hyemalis
Native to the western Mediterranean.
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Thymus mastichina
Native to Spain and northern Africa.
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Thymus pulegioides (Large thyme)
Native to the Mediterranean.
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Thymus serpyllium (Breckland thyme)
Native to the Mediterranean.
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Thymus vulgaris (Thyme)
Native to the western Mediterranean.
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Thymus x citriodorus (Lemon thyme)
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