Iridescent thyme

Iridescent thyme
	Iridescent thyme ( Thymus caespititius )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Genre :	Thyme ( thymus )
Type :	Iridescent thyme
Scientific name
	Thymus caespititius
	Loaf.

The Iridescent thyme ( Thymus caespititius ) is a plant from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .

description

The iridescent thyme is a lawn-forming plant with woody, creeping shoots that have upright flower-bearing stems with a height of 2 to 7 cm, as well as axillary clusters of small leaves . The leaves are about 8 mm long and 1.7 mm wide, narrow spatulate and hairless, at the base they are ciliate.

The inflorescence is loosely built and consists of two-flowered false whorls . The bracts resemble the foliage leaves. The calyx is 3 to 4 mm long, the upper teeth are barely pronounced and not ciliate, the lower teeth are flat and as long as they are wide. The crown reaches a length of 6 to 14 mm, is purple-pink or whitish.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30.

Systematics

Within the genus of the thyme ( thymus ), the species is classified in the Micantes section .

Occurrence

The species is distributed in Portugal , northwest and western Spain, as well as the Azores and Madeira .

supporting documents

literature

Jaako Jalas: Thymus. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 175 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

↑ Thymus caespititius at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Ramón Morales: The history, botany and taxonomy of the genus Thymus. In: Elisabeth Stahl-Biskup, Francisco Sáez (Ed.): Thyme. The Genus Thymus (= Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Industrial Profiles. Volume 24). Taylor & Francis, London 2002, ISBN 0-415-28488-0 , pp. 1-43.
↑ Ramón Morales: Thymus . In: Santiago Castroviejo, Ramón Morales, Alejandro Quintanar, Francisco José Cabezas, Antonio José Pujadas, Santos Cirujano (eds.): Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XII. Verbenaceae - Labiatae - Callitrichaceae . Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid 2010, ISBN 978-84-00-09041-8 , p. 356-357 ( PDF file ).
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Thymus caespititius. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Thymus caespititius - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Thymus caespititius at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Morales02-2] Ramón Morales: The history, botany and taxonomy of the genus Thymus. In: Elisabeth Stahl-Biskup, Francisco Sáez (Ed.): Thyme. The Genus Thymus (= Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Industrial Profiles. Volume 24). Taylor & Francis, London 2002, ISBN 0-415-28488-0 , pp. 1-43.

[Flora_Iberica-3] Ramón Morales: Thymus . In: Santiago Castroviejo, Ramón Morales, Alejandro Quintanar, Francisco José Cabezas, Antonio José Pujadas, Santos Cirujano (eds.): Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XII. Verbenaceae - Labiatae - Callitrichaceae . Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid 2010, ISBN 978-84-00-09041-8 , p. 356-357 ( PDF file ).

[WCSP-4] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Thymus caespititius. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.