Thymelaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Thymelaea
Sectiones: T. sect. Chlamydanthus – T. sect. Ligia – T. sect. Piptochlamys – T. sect. Thymelaea

Species: T. antiatlantica – T. argentata – T. aucheri – T. broteriana – T. bulgarica – T. calycina – T. cilicica – T. coridifolia – T. dioica – T. floribunda – T. gattefossei – T. granatensis – T. gussonei – T. hirsuta – T. lanuginosa – T. lythroides – T. mesopotamica – T. microphylla – T. myrtifolia – T. nitida – T. passerina – T. pilosa – T. procumbens – T. pubescens – T. putorioides – T. rodriguezii – T. ruizii – T. salsa – T. sanamunda – T. sempervirens – T. subrepens – T. tartonraira – T. tinctoria – T. velutina – T. villosa – T. virescens – T. virgata

Nothospecies: T. × conradiae
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Thymelaea Mill. (1754), nom. cons.

Type species: Thymelaea sanamunda All.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chlamydanthus C.A.Mey., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, ser. 2, 1: 356, 358. 1843.
Type species: Chlamydanthus tartonraira (L.) C.A.Meyer
Ligia Fasano, Atti Acc. Nap. 1787: 245. 1788, often spelled Lygia.
Type species: Ligia passerina (L.) Fasano
Piptochlamys C.A.Mey., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 356, 358. 1843.
Type species: Piptochlamys hirsuta (L.) C.A.Mey.

References

Cheshmedjiev, I.V. (1997) Thymelaea bulgarica sp. nova (Thymelaeaceae) and related species. Bocconea 5(2): 607-611.
Tan, K. (1980) Studies in the Thymelaeaceae II: a revision of the genus Thymelaea. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38 (2): 189–246.
Miller, P. (1754) Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thymelaea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
suomi: Näsikit
italiano: Timelea

Thymelaea (English: the Sparrow-worts) is a genus of about 30 species of evergreen shrubs and herbs in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean region, north to central Europe, and east to central Asia.
Etymology

The genus name Thymelaea is a combination of the Greek name for the herb thyme θύμος (thúmos) and that for the olive ἐλαία (elaía) - in reference to its thyme-like foliage and olive-like fruit; while the English name Sparrow-wort (used by Thomas Green in his 18th century Universal Herbal) is a translation of the name of the genus Passerina (in which Thymelaea was formerly placed), derived from the word passer "sparrow" - given the plants in reference to a perceived similarity of the shape of the fruit to a sparrow's beak.[1]

Species

Thymelaea antiatlantica
Thymelaea aucheri
Thymelaea broteriana
Thymelaea calycina
Thymelaea cilicica
Thymelaea coridifolia
Thymelaea dioica
Thymelaea granatensis
Thymelaea gussonei
Thymelaea hirsuta
Thymelaea lanuginosa
Thymelaea lythroides
Thymelaea mesopotamica
Thymelaea microphylla
Thymelaea myrtifolia
Thymelaea nitida
Thymelaea passerina (spurge flax)
Thymelaea procumbens
Thymelaea pubescens
Thymelaea putorioides
Thymelaea ruizii
Thymelaea salsa
Thymelaea sanamunda
Thymelaea sempervirens
Thymelaea subrepens
Thymelaea tartonraira
Thymelaea tinctoria
Thymelaea virgata
Thymelaea virescens
Thymelaea villosa

References

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening ed. Chittenden, Fred J., 2nd edition, by Synge, Patrick M. Volume III : Je-Pt. Pub. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1965. Reprinted 1984. ISBN 0-19-869106-8

Flora Europaea: Thymelaea
Flora of Pakistan: Thymelaea