- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Thymbra L.

[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Subshrubs, aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves entire, usually conduplicate, young leaves in axillary fascicles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a condensed, terminal, spiciform or capituliform thyrse, composed of congested verticillasters
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts not leaf-like, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, sometimes coloured
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles elliptic to lanceolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2-lipped, 5-lobed (3/2), cylindric, with two ± conspicuous lateral keels, scarcely accrescent, 12-23-nerved, posterior lobes short, triangular, anterior lobes lanceolate, upcurved, throat bearded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, 4-lobed (1/3), cream to purple, posterior lobe ± rounded, straight, emarginate, anterior lip with lobes suborbicular, median lobe down-curved
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, inserted in middle of tube, filaments curved, exserted, thecae divaricate, confluent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes equal to subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc entire
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets ovoid, ± smooth.
- Note
- 2n = 30. Four species
- Distribution
- Mediterranean region, Anatolia and Northern Iraq.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Thymbra L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 569 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Abulfali Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 190 (1763).
- Coridothymus Rchb.f., Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 160 (1857).
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Morales, An. Jard. Bot Madrid 44, 2: 349-380 (1987), rev.
- Thymbra L., Sp. Pl. 2: 569 (1753)
-
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0