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    "authorship": "L.",
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    "published_in": "Sp. Pl. : 590 (1753)",
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        "name": "Cunila thymoides",
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        "name": "Hedeoma thymoides",
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        "name": "Origanum serpyllum",
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        "name": "Serpyllum angustifolium",
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        "name": "Serpyllum citri-odora",
        "authorship": "Pall."
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        "name": "Serpyllum vulgare",
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        "name": "Thymus affinis",
        "authorship": "Vis."
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        "name": "Thymus albidus",
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        "name": "Thymus angulosus",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius f. microcephalus",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius f. silvicola",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius var. inolens",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius var. intermedius",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius var. linearifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius var. major",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius var. pulchellus",
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        "name": "Thymus angustifolius var. rigidus",
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        "name": "Thymus angustus",
        "authorship": "Opiz ex Déségl."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus apricus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus barbatus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus beneschianus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus borbasii",
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        "name": "Thymus caespitosus var. castriferrei",
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        "name": "Thymus campestris",
        "authorship": "Salisb."
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        "name": "Thymus campestris var. albus",
        "authorship": "Gray"
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        "name": "Thymus campestris var. grandiflorus",
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        "name": "Thymus carstiensis",
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        "name": "Thymus chamaedrys var. rotundifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus ciliatus",
        "authorship": "Lam."
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        "name": "Thymus citratus var. subcitratus",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus communis",
        "authorship": "Kitt."
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        "name": "Thymus concolor",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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        "name": "Thymus dalmaticus var. carstiensis",
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        "name": "Thymus decumbens",
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        "name": "Thymus deflexus",
        "authorship": "Benth."
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        "name": "Thymus elatus",
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        "name": "Thymus ellipticus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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        "name": "Thymus ellipticus",
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        "name": "Thymus elongatus",
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        "name": "Thymus erioclados",
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        "name": "Thymus exserens",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus flogellicaulis",
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        "name": "Thymus gizellae",
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        "name": "Thymus glabrescens",
        "authorship": "Benth."
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        "name": "Thymus gratissimus",
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        "name": "Thymus hackelianus",
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        "name": "Thymus hausmannii",
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        "name": "Thymus hornungianus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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        "name": "Thymus incanus",
        "authorship": "Willd. ex Benth."
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        "name": "Thymus includens",
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        "name": "Thymus inodorus",
        "authorship": "Lej."
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        "name": "Thymus interruptus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus kollmunzerianus",
        "authorship": "Opiz ex Benth."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus kratzmannianus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus laevigatus",
        "authorship": "Vahl"
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        "name": "Thymus linearifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus longistylus",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus lucidus",
        "authorship": "Willd."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus macrophyllus",
        "authorship": "Heinr.Braun"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus majoranifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus micranthus",
        "authorship": "Wierzb. ex Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus minutus",
        "authorship": "Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus muscosus",
        "authorship": "Zaver."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus oblongifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus ovatus subvar. longistylus",
        "authorship": "(Opiz) Formánek"
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        "name": "Thymus ovatus var. concolor",
        "authorship": "(Opiz) Formánek"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus ovatus var. subcitratus",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus procerus",
        "authorship": "Opiz ex Benth."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus procumbens",
        "authorship": "Benth. ex Opiz"
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      {
        "name": "Thymus pseudoserpyllum",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus pumilus",
        "authorship": "Gueldenst. ex Ledeb."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus pusillus",
        "authorship": "Gueldenst. ex Ledeb."
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      {
        "name": "Thymus pusio",
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        "name": "Thymus pycnotrichus",
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        "name": "Thymus raripilus",
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        "name": "Thymus reflexus",
        "authorship": "Lej."
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        "name": "Thymus reichelianus",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus repens",
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        "name": "Thymus rigidulus",
        "authorship": "Kerguélen"
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        "name": "Thymus rigidus",
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        "name": "Thymus rotundifolius",
        "authorship": "Schur"
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        "name": "Thymus sanioi",
        "authorship": "Borbás"
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        "name": "Thymus serbicus",
        "authorship": "Petrovič"
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. arrectifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. bergtianus",
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      {
        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. caudatus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. denticulatus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. ellipticus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. floribundus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. glabratus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. hackelianus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. pachydermus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. porphyrogenitus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. rigidiformis",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. tardus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. trichophorus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. tristis",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum f. vulgaris",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum prol. angustifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subf. confertus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subf. minimus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subf. pachydermus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subsp. angustifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subsp. latifolius",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subsp. subcitratus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum subvar. ericoides",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum var. albus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum var. anander",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum var. androgynus",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum var. glaber",
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        "name": "Thymus serpyllum var. hirsutissimus",
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        "name": "Thymus simplex",
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        "name": "Thymus sintenisii",
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        "name": "Thymus spathulatus var. castriferrei",
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