Thymus teucrioides
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Thymus teucrioides is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus teucrioides is a densely branched dwarf shrub . The leaves are in clusters in the armpits of the upright, felty hairy stems . The leaves are about 10 mm long and 4 mm wide. They are egg-shaped to rhombic, clearly stalked, the edge is almost sawed and bent back.
The flowers often do not form a pronounced inflorescence . The dummy whorls consist of two to six flowers. The bracts resemble the foliage leaves. The calyx is 4 to 6 mm long, the calyx tube is bell-shaped, the upper calyx teeth are longer than wide. The crown is 9 to 12 mm long and purple in color, the corolla tube is almost funnel-shaped.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28 or 30.
Occurrence
The species is common in the mountains of Albania and Greece .
Systematics
One can distinguish three subspecies:
- Thymus teucrioides subsp. alpinus Hartvig : It occurs in Greece.
- Thymus teucrioides subsp. candilicus (Beauverd) Hartvig : It occurs in Greece.
- Thymus teucrioides subsp. teucrioides : It occurs in Albania and Greece.
literature
- Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X .
Individual evidence
- ^ Thymus teucrioides at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ a b c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thymus teucrioides. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Accessed December 31, 2018.