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Thymbra
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Thymbra

Thymbra or Thymbre (Ancient Greek: Θύμβρα or Θύμβρη) was a town in the Troad, near Troy. The second of the six gates of Troy was named after it, according to John Lydgate. The location is about five miles from present day Hissarlik, the site of the present archaeological excavations.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Spanish Oregano

speciesThymbra capitata

Thyme Spike

speciesThymbra spicata

Thymbra nabateorum

speciesThymbra nabateorum

Thymbra thymbrifolia

speciesThymbra thymbrifolia

Thymbra calostachya

speciesThymbra calostachya

Thymbra sintenisii

speciesThymbra sintenisii

Thymbra linearifolia

speciesThymbra linearifolia

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Thymbra in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.255

Thymbra in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.308

Thymbra in Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.376

Thymbra in History of Rare Plants

History of Rare Plants

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.370

Thymbra in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.305

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 559347.