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Thymus (thymes)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Thymus Plant 7 July 1969 Eire 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Thymus polytrichus A.Kerner ex Borbas (Wild Thyme) 4 2 11
Species Thymus pulegioides L. (Large Thyme)     2
Species Thymus serpyllum L. (Breckland Thyme)     1
Species Thymus vulgaris L. (Garden Thyme)     1

Suggested Literature

Thymus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Thymus:

is associate of Cathormiocerus maritimus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
leaf (at shoot tip) (live) live leaf (at shoot tip) is grazed by adult Chrysolina americana - Rosemary Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) RHS Gardening For All: http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina americana - Rosemary Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) RHS Gardening For All: http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp
Photos leaf leaf is galled by Eriophyes thomasi - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus obliteratus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Minor Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus obliteratus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Minor Bullock, J.A., 1992
root root is grazed by larva Longitarsus obliteratoides - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
root root is grazed by adult Longitarsus obliteratoides - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
Photos root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche alba - Thyme Broomrape, Red Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Stace, C., 1997
Photos shoot tip shoot tip is galled by Eriophyes thomasi - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by larva Apion atomarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Thymus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)

References

RHS Gardening For All: http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp RHS Gardening For All
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995 New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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