Thymus zygisL.

WFO wfo-0000324991 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thymus zygis, photographed by scolym
fig. a scolym, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 195879646
Thymus zygis, photographed by scolym
fig. b scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195879847
Thymus zygis, photographed by scolym
fig. c scolym, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195907157
Thymus zygis, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. d Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135008862
Thymus zygis, photographed by ARBA Tres Cantos
fig. e ARBA Tres Cantos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 78023730
Thymus zygis, photographed by Leonel Morgado
fig. f Leonel Morgado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17893104
Thymus zygis, photographed by Denys Vynokurov
fig. g Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203254633
Thymus zygis, photographed by Denys Vynokurov
fig. h Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141171292

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Thymus zygis is native: Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoPortugalSpain
Native distribution of Thymus zygis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Portugal POR EUROPE
Spain SPA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Origanum silvestre (Hoffmanns. & Link) Kuntze
  • Origanum zygis (L.) Kuntze
  • Thymus angustifolius Salisb.
  • Thymus clusii Bubani
  • Thymus hirtus f. saharae Pomel ex Batt.
  • Thymus isidori Sennen
  • Thymus loscosii var. oxyodontus Sennen & Pau
  • Thymus oxyodontus (Sennen & Pau) Sennen & Pau
  • Thymus oxyodontus var. fruticosa Sennen & Pau
  • Thymus oxyodontus var. fruticosus Sennen & Pau
  • Thymus oxyodontus var. laxispicata Sennen & Pau
  • Thymus oxyodontus var. laxispicatus Sennen & Pau
  • Thymus sparsiflorus Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Thymus sylvestris Hoffmanns. & Link
  • Thymus tenuifolius Mill.
  • Thymus tenuifolius var. floribundus Boiss.
  • Thymus tenuifolius var. gracilis Boiss.
  • Thymus verticillatus Sennen
  • Thymus zygis var. gracilis (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Thymus zygis var. latebracteatus Porta & Rigo
  • Thymus zygis var. maroccanus Maire
  • Thymus zygis var. saharae (Pomel ex Batt.) G.May
  • Thymus zygis var. sylvestris (Hoffmanns. & Link) Brot.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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