Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Lamiales > Family Lamiaceae > Genus Thymus

Thymus praecox Opiz

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thymus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Cephalotos*	Adans.	heterotypic synonym
*Mastichina*	Mill.	heterotypic synonym
*Serpyllum*	Mill.	heterotypic synonym
*Thymus adamovicii*	Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus albicans*	Hoffmanns. & Link	taxonomically included in
*Thymus alfredae*	Post	taxonomically included in
*Thymus algeriensis*	Boiss. & Reut.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus alpestris*	(Čelak.) Tausch ex A. Kern.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus antoninae*	Rouy & Coincy	taxonomically included in
*Thymus argaeus*	(Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. & Balansa	taxonomically included in
*Thymus artvinicus*	Ponert	taxonomically included in
*Thymus atticus*	Čelak.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus aznavourii*	Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus baeticus*	Boiss. ex Lacaita	taxonomically included in
*Thymus baseri*	Öztürk, Yaylacı, Koyuncu & Ocak	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bashkiriensis*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bihoriensis*	Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bleicherianus*	Pomel	taxonomically included in
*Thymus boissieri*	Halácsy	taxonomically included in
*Thymus borgiae*	Rivas Mart., A. Molina & G. Navarro	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bornmuelleri*	Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus borysthenicus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bovei*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus brachychilus*	Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bracteatus*	Lange ex Cutanda	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bracteosus*	Vis. ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus broussonetii*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus bulgaricus*	(Domin & Podp.) Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus caespititius*	Brot.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus calcareus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus camphoratus*	Hoffmanns. & Link	taxonomically included in
*Thymus canoviridis*	Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus capitellatus*	Hoffmanns. & Link	taxonomically included in
*Thymus cappadocicus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus cariensis*	Hub.-Mor. & Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus carnosus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus catharinae*	Camarda	taxonomically included in
*Thymus cephalotes*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus cherlerioides*	Vis.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus ciliatopubescens*	(Halácsy) Halácsy	taxonomically included in
*Thymus cilicicus*	Boiss. & Balansa	taxonomically included in
*Thymus cimicinus*	Blume ex Ledeb.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus collinus*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus comosus*	Heuff. ex Griseb. & Schenk	taxonomically included in
*Thymus comptus*	Friv.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus convolutus*	Klokov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus coriifolius*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus dacicus*	Borbás	taxonomically included in
*Thymus daghestanicus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus decussatus*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus degenii*	Heinr. Braun	taxonomically included in
*Thymus desjatovae*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus didukhii*	Ostapko	taxonomically included in
*Thymus doerfleri*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus dolomiticus*	Coste	taxonomically included in
*Thymus dolopicus*	Formánek	taxonomically included in
*Thymus dreatensis*	Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus eigii*	(Zohary & P. H. Davis) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus ekimii*	Yıld.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus elenevskyi*	Vasjukov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus elisabethae*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus embergeri*	Roussine	taxonomically included in
*Thymus eriocalyx*	(Ronniger) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus fallax*	Fisch. & C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus fedtschenkoi*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus fontqueri*	(Jalas) Molero & Rovira	taxonomically included in
*Thymus funkii*	Coss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus godayanus*	Rivas Mart., A. Molina & G. Navarro	taxonomically included in
*Thymus granatensis*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus grisebachii*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus guberlinensis*	Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Thymus guyonii*	Noë	taxonomically included in
*Thymus haussknechtii*	Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus helendzhicus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus herba-barona*	Loisel.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus heterotrichus*	Griseb.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus hohenackeri*	Klokov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus holosericeus*	Čelak.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus hyemalis*	Lange	taxonomically included in
*Thymus integer*	Griseb.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus izcoi*	Rivas Mart., A. Molina & G. Navarro	taxonomically included in
*Thymus jalasianus*	Stoyanov & Marinov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus karamarianicus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus karjaginii*	Grossh.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus kirgisorum*	Dubj.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus kondratjukii*	Ostapko	taxonomically included in
*Thymus kosteleckyanus*	Opiz	taxonomically included in
*Thymus kotschyanus*	Boiss. & Hohen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus lacaitae*	Pau	taxonomically included in
*Thymus laconicus*	Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus ladjanuricus*	Kem.-Nath.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus lanceolatus*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus leptophyllus*	Lange	taxonomically included in
*Thymus leucospermus*	Hartvig	taxonomically included in
*Thymus leucostomus*	Hausskn. & Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus leucotrichus*	Halácsy	taxonomically included in
*Thymus longedentatus*	(Degen & Urum.) Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus longicaulis*	C. Presl	taxonomically included in
*Thymus longiflorus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus loscosii*	Willk.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus lotocephalus*	G. López & R. Morales	taxonomically included in
*Thymus majkopiensis*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus markhotensis*	Maleev	taxonomically included in
*Thymus maroccanus*	Ball	taxonomically included in
*Thymus mastichina*	(L.) L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus mastigophorus*	Lacaita	taxonomically included in
*Thymus membranaceus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus menitskyi*	Vasjukov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus migricus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus mohamedii*	Tahiri & Rejdali	taxonomically included in
*Thymus moldavicus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus moroderi*	Pau ex Martínez	taxonomically included in
*Thymus mugodzharicus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus munbyanus*	Boiss. & Reut.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus musilii*	Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus nervosus*	J. Gay ex H. J. Coste	taxonomically included in
*Thymus nitens*	Lamotte	taxonomically included in
*Thymus numidicus*	Poir.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus nummularius*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus odoratissimus*	Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus oehmianus*	Ronniger & Soska	taxonomically included in
*Thymus oenipontanus*	Heinr. Braun	taxonomically included in
*Thymus origanoides*	Webb & Berthel.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus orospedanus*	Villar	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pallasianus*	Heinr. Braun	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pallescens*	de Noé	taxonomically included in
*Thymus parnassicus*	Halácsy	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pastoralis*	Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pectinatus*	Fisch. & C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus perinicus*	(Velen.) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus piperella*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus plasonii*	Adamović	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox*	Opiz	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pseudohirsutus*	Klokov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pubescens*	Boiss. & Kotschy ex Čelak.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pulchellus*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pulcherrimus*	Schur	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pulegioides*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus pulvinatus*	Čelak.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus revolutus*	Čelak.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus riatarum*	Humbert & Maire	taxonomically included in
*Thymus richardii*	Pers.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus roegneri*	K. Koch	taxonomically included in
*Thymus samius*	Ronniger & Rech. f.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus saturejoides*	Coss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus serpylloides*	Bory	taxonomically included in
*Thymus serpyllum*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus sessilifolius*	Klokov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus sibthorpii*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus sipyleus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus skopjensis*	Micevski & Matevski	taxonomically included in
*Thymus spathulifolius*	Hausskn. & Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus spinulosus*	Ten.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus stojanovii*	Degen	taxonomically included in
*Thymus striatus*	Vahl	taxonomically included in
*Thymus subcollinus*	Klokov	taxonomically included in
*Thymus substriatus*	Borbás	taxonomically included in
*Thymus syriacus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus talijevii*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus targuistii*	Tahiri & Rejdali	taxonomically included in
*Thymus tauricus*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus teucrioides*	Boiss. & Spruner	taxonomically included in
*Thymus thracicus*	Velen.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus tiflisiensis*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus transcaucasicus*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus trautvetteri*	Klokov & Des.-Shost.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus turkmenii*	Yıld.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus villosus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus vulgaris*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus willdenowii*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus willkommii*	Ronniger	taxonomically included in
*Thymus zygioides*	Griseb.	taxonomically included in
*Thymus zygis*	L.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Thymus serpyllum subsp. praecox*	(Opiz) Vollm.	homotypic synonym
*Thymus serpyllum var. praecox*	(Opiz) Briq.	homotypic synonym
*Thymus praecox subsp. caucasicus*	(Willd. ex Ronniger) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. grossheimii*	(Ronniger) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. jankae*	(Čelak.) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. ligusticus*	(Briq.) Paiva & Salgueiro	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. polytrichus*	(A. Kern. ex Borbás) Jalas	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. praecox*	Opiz	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. widderi*	(Ronniger ex Machule) P. A. Schmidt	taxonomically included in
*Thymus praecox subsp. zygiformis*	(Heinr. Braun ex Wettst.) Jalas	taxonomically included in

Children

Thymus praecox Opiz subsp. praecox
Thymus praecox subsp. caucasicus (Willd. ex Ronniger) Jalas
Thymus praecox subsp. grossheimii (Ronniger) Jalas
Thymus praecox subsp. jankae (Čelak.) Jalas
Thymus praecox subsp. ligusticus (Briq.) Paiva & Salgueiro
Thymus praecox subsp. polytrichus (A. Kern. ex Borbás) Jalas
Thymus praecox subsp. widderi (Ronniger ex Machule) P. A. Schmidt
Thymus praecox subsp. zygiformis (Heinr. Braun ex Wettst.) Jalas

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: serpol; tomillo de puerto; tomillo rastrero sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Asturian: tomillo; tomillu sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: sarpoil sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: farigola; farigoleta; folcó; herba de pastor; salia de pastor; serpildo; serpol; timó negre sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: erva-ursa; serpâo; serpil; serpilho; serpol sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: brezo; hierba luna; samarilla; serpol; sérpol; serpolio; té morado; té moruno

Literature

nomenclatural reference	in Naturalientausch 6: 40. 1824

Genbank

Citation

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Thymus praecox Opiz. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b0d65e7b-9efc-4265-bfdb-d14161e886d0

Image

Occurrence

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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2009 This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.