Lamiaceae
Thymus

Thymus jankae Čelak.

First published in Flora 66: 147 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & Central Balkan Peninsula to Türkiye, SW. Ukraine. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, NW. Balkan Pen., Türkiye, Ukraine

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nachychko, V.O., Sosnovsky, Y.V. & Honcharenko, V.I. (2019). First record of the Balkan Thymus jankae (Lamiaceae) from Ukraine, with taxonomic remarks on the species. Botany Letters 166: 41-50.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Thymus praecox subsp. jankae.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Nachychko, V.O., Sosnovsky, Y.V. & Honcharenko, V.I. (2019). First record of the Balkan Thymus jankae (Lamiaceae) from Ukraine, with taxonomic remarks on the species. Botany Letters 166: 41-50.

Other Data

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Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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