Thymus baeticus is a species of plants in the Lamiaceae family.

Thymus baeticus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Thymus
Species:
T. baeticus
Binomial name
Thymus baeticus
Synonyms[1]
  • Thymus zygis var. baeticus (Boiss. ex Lacaita)
  • Thymus baeticus var. capitatus (Boiss.)
  • Thymus erianthus (Boiss.) Pau ex Ceballos & Vicioso
  • Thymus hirtus var. capitatus Boiss.
  • Thymus hirtus var. erianthus Boiss.
  • Thymus hirtus var. intermedius Boiss.
  • Thymus zygis var. capitatus (Boiss.)

Description

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Thymus baeticus has suffrutice stems that are 15–50 cm (5.9–19.7 in) in height, usually erect and pubescent.[citation needed] It has leaves that are 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 0.6–2 mm (0.024–0.079 in) wide that are linear or linear-lanceolate, revolute, ciliate at base, and densely hairy with short retrorse hairs.[citation needed] Its inflorescences are dense and capituliform.[citation needed] It has elliptic, ciliate bracts that are 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 1.3–2.5 mm (0.051–0.098 in) wide.[citation needed] The calyx are 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in), densely hairy, with short tube and ciliate upper teeth.[citation needed] The corolla are cream or white.[citation needed]

It has a chromosome number of 2n = 58, 60.[citation needed]

It flowers from May to June.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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It is found in thickets, on limestone, crystalline dolomites, dolomitic sands, stony soils and gypsum, sometimes also on sandstone, slate or shale; at an altitude of 30–1,300 m (98–4,265 ft) in southern Spain, where it is distributed along the coast of Cádiz and Grazalema.[2]

Taxonomy

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Thymus baeticus was described by Boiss. ex Lacaita and published in Cavanillesia 3: 42 (1930).[3]

Etymology

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The geographical epithet baeticus alludes to its location in Baetica.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Thymus baeticus Boiss. ex Lacaita". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Thymus baeticus in Flora Vascular (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Thymus baeticus". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden (in Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2012.

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