Thymus baeticus is a species of plants in the Lamiaceae family.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Thymus |
| Species: | T. baeticus
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Description
editThymus 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
editIt 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
editThymus baeticus was described by Boiss. ex Lacaita and published in Cavanillesia 3: 42 (1930).[3]
Etymology
editThe geographical epithet baeticus alludes to its location in Baetica.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Thymus baeticus Boiss. ex Lacaita". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b Thymus baeticus in Flora Vascular (in Spanish).
- ^ "Thymus baeticus". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden (in Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2012.
Further reading
edit- Castillo Chaves, M. Jesus (1992). "Estudios sobre Thymus baeticus boiss. Ex Lacaita". Universidad de Granada (in Spanish).
- Ivorra, Andrés. "Thymus baeticus Lacaita". Joyas botánicas de Almería (in Spanish).
- Granada Natural: Thymus baeticus (Tomillo limonero o basto) (in Spanish).
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