Plant Details

Accepted name:: Thymus × citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lemon thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
thym citronné	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zitronenthymian	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Thymus campestris var. citratus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 382 (1821 publ. 1822).
Thymus lanuginosus var. citriodorus Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 130 (1806).
Thymus serpyllum var. aureus (É.Morren) L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 6: 3341 (1917).
Thymus serpyllum f. citriodorus (Pers.) Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(1): 164 (1829).
Thymus serpyllum var. citriodorus (Pers.) Becker Fl. Frankfurt 1: 237 (1827).
Thymus serpyllum var. vulgaris Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 343 (1834), nom. illeg.
Thymus × aureus É.Morren Belgique Hort. 22: 356 (1872).
Thymus × carolipaui Mateo & M.B.Crespo Cat. Flor. Prov. Teruel: 232 (1990).
Thymus × citratus Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 48 (1827), nom. superfl.
Thymus × citratus var. citriodorus (Pers.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 48 (1827), nom. superfl.
Thymus × citriodorus aureus Hend. & Andr.Hend. Gard. Chron. 1870: 446 (1870).
Thymus × vivariensis Coste & Revol Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 34: 226 (1910).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thymus citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Thymus x citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Thymus × citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Thymus ×citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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