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:''For the popular culinary herb, refer to ''[[Thyme]].
The genus '''''Thymus''''' ({{Pron-en|ˈtaɪməs}}),<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> with the common English name '''[[thyme]]''', contains about 350<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=132935 | title = Thymus Linnaeus | work = Flora of China }}</ref> species of aromatic [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous|herbaceous plants]] and [[sub-shrub]]s to 40 cm tall, in the family [[Lamiaceae]]. Members are native to temperate regions in [[Europe]], North [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. The stems tend to be narrow or even wiry; the [[leaf|leaves]] are [[evergreen]] in most species, arranged in opposite pairs, oval, entire, and small, 4–20 mm long, and usually aromatic. The [[flower]]s are in dense terminal heads, with an uneven [[calyx]], with the upper lip three-lobed, and the lower cleft; the corolla is tubular, 4–10 mm long, and white, pink or purple.
The botanic name and the English common name are both derived from an old Greek name for an uncertain aromatic herb.
There is some confusion over the naming and taxonomy of some species and Mrs Margaret Easter has compiled a list of synonyms for cultivated species and [[cultivar]]s.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.users.waitrose.com/~lwplants/synonyms.htm | title = Thymus Synonyms | author = Mrs Margaret Easter | accessdate = 2008-07-14 }}</ref>
Several members of the genus are cultivated as culinary herbs or ornamentals, when they are also called [[thyme]] after its best known species, [[Thymus vulgaris|common thyme]].
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Thymus (the old Greek name used by Theophrastus either for this plant or for savory). Labiatae. Thyme. Small shrubs or subshrubs, mostly hardy, and excellent for edging and the rockery. Includes the popular culinary herb, [[Thyme]]
Thymus (the old Greek name used by Theophrastus either for this plant or for savory). Labiatae. Thyme. Small shrubs or subshrubs, mostly hardy, and excellent for edging and the rockery.
Leaves small, entire; floral lvs. similar or changing to bracts in the spike: floral whorls usually few-fld., sometimes all distant and axillary, sometimes gathered in terminal short or lax spikes; bractlets minute: calyx ovoid, 10-13-nerved, 2-lipped, 5-toothed; corolla-tube included or exserted, naked inside, limb somewhat 2-lipped; stamens 4, in pairs: nutlets ovoid or oblong, smooth.—About 120 species, broadly dispersed in temperate regions, although the greatest number are natives of the Medit. region.
Leaves small, entire; floral lvs. similar or changing to bracts in the spike: floral whorls usually few-fld., sometimes all distant and axillary, sometimes gathered in terminal short or lax spikes; bractlets minute: calyx ovoid, 10-13-nerved, 2-lipped, 5-toothed; corolla-tube included or exserted, naked inside, limb somewhat 2-lipped; stamens 4, in pairs: nutlets ovoid or oblong, smooth.—About 120 species, broadly dispersed in temperate regions, although the greatest number are natives of the Medit. region.
==Species==
==Species==
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About 350 species, including{{wp}}:<br/>
''[[Thymus adamovicii]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus altaicus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus amurensis]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus bracteosus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus broussonetii]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus caespititius]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus camphoratus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus capitatus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus capitellatus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus camphoratus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus carnosus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus cephalotus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus cherlerioides]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus ciliatus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus cilicicus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus cimicinus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus x citriodorus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus Coccineus Group]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus comosus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus comptus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus curtus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus decussatus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus disjunctus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus doerfleri]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus glabrescens]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus herba-barona]]'' (Caraway thyme)<br/>
''[[Thymus hirsutus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus hyemalis]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus inaequalis]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus integer]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus pseudolanuginosus|Thymus lanuginosus]]'' <br/>
''[[Thymus leucotrichus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus longicaulis]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus longiflorus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus mandschuricus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus marschallianus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus mastichina]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus membranaceus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus mongolicus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus montanus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus moroderi]]<br/>
''[[Thymus nervulosus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus nummularis]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus odoratissimus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus pallasianus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus pannonicus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus polytrichus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus praecox]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus proximus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus pseudolanuginosus]]'' (woolly thyme)<br/>
''[[Thymus pulegioides]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus quinquecostatus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus richardii]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus serpyllum]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus sibthorpii]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus striatus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus thracicus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus villosus]]''<br/>
''[[Thymus vulgaris]]'' (common thyme)<br/>
''[[Thymus zygis]]''
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Thymus vulgaris.jpg| Broad leaved Thyme ''Thymus pulegioides''
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