Taxon:
Thymus vulgaris L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:591. 1753
Verified:
05/15/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977-. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, República Argentina.
- Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989-. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares.
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Common names
English
common thyme – English thyme – garden thyme – thyme – French
farigoule – frigoule – thym commun – German
Thymian – Italian
timo – Portuguese
tomilho – Spanish
tomillo – tomillo común – Swedish
kryddtimjan –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | s.e. |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | s. & Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Africa
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy (s.e.)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (s. & Corsica)
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977-. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, República Argentina. |
Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Materials | essential oils | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | source of thymol | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | source of thymol | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Medicines | source of thymol | | Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23) |