Thymus aznavourii
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Thymus aznavourii is a plant from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus aznavourii is a small shrub whose flower-bearing stems are 3 to 5 (rarely up to 10) cm long. The leaves are 9 to 10 mm long and 1.7 to 2.0 mm wide. They are leathery, more or less sedentary, obscure-lanceolate, blunt, entire and hairless. The base is ciliate, at the top they are sparsely dotted with glands. The midrib is clearly visible, the side veins are rather inconspicuous.
The inner bracts are about 5 to 7 mm long and 2 to 2.5 mm wide and are egg-shaped. The calyx is 4 to 4.5 mm long and sparsely punctured yellowish glandular. The upper teeth are no longer than 0.5 cm and are not ciliated.
Occurrence
Thymus aznavourii occurs only in the European part of Turkey in Safraköy , near Istanbul .
Systematics
Within the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) the species is in the subsection Serpyllastrum the section Hyphodromi arranged.
literature
- 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. 178 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ramón Morales: The history, botany and taxonomy of the genus Thymus (= Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Industrial Profiles. 24). In: Elisabeth Stahl-Biskup, Francisco Sáez: Thyme. The genus thymus. Taylor & Francis, London 2002, ISBN 0-415-28488-0 , pp. 1-43.