''Thymbra'', common name Mediterranean thyme, is a genus of plants in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
. As currently categorized, the genus has seven species and one subspecies.
It is native to the
Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...
region of southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
includes photos plus European distribution map
;Species[
*'' Thymbra calostachya'' (Rech.f.) Rech.f. - Crete
*'']Thymbra capitata
''Thymus capitatus'' is a compact, woody perennial native to Mediterranean Europe and Turkey, more commonly known as conehead thyme, Persian-hyssop and Spanish oregano. It is also known under the name ''Thymbra capitata''.
Description
The plant ...
'' (L.) Cav. - widespread from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey + Palestine
*'' Thymbra sintenisii'' Bornm. & Azn. - Iraq, Turkey
*''Thymbra spicata :''See Battle of Thymbra for the fight in Lydia between the Persians and the Lydians''. See Thymbra (plant) for the plant genus.
Thymbra or Thymbre ( grc, Θύμβρα or Θύμβρη) was a town in the Troad, near Troy. The second of the six gat ...
'' L. - Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iran
*'' Thymbra thymbrifolia'' (Hedge & Feinbrun) Bräuchler, comb. nov. - Israel, Palestine, Judean Desert, Khirbet el Mird
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Practical Plants
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Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora of the Mediterranean Basin