Thymus praecox subsp. jankae (Čelak.) Jalas (syn. Thymus praecox subsp. skorpilii (Velen.) Jalas)

Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Thymus// Species: Thymus praecox Opiz// Subspecies: Thymus praecox subsp. jankae (Čelak.) Jalas

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972) as Thymus praecox subsp. skorpilii (Velen.) Jalas (syn. Thymus jankae Čelak.). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Thymus praecox subsp. jankae (Čelak.) Jalas.

Habitat: Open habitats at c. 1500 – 1600 m altitude. High mountain (subalpine) grasslands/ pastures, edges and clearings of subalpine European beech forests.

Distribution: Native to Balkan Peninsula and Turkey according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010); Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Turkey acording to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Lifeform: Perennial – hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

References:

Thymus jankae Celak. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:461292-1 [Accessed 27.11.2021].

Thymus praecox subsp. jankae. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=6402&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 27.11.2021].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.