Thymus serpyllum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q147251
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Summary

Thymus serpyllum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,484 views/month, #1,303 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Thymus[4]
  • Taxon name: Thymus serpyllum[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: spice[7]
  • Commons category: Thymus serpyllum[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Thymus serpyllum[9]
  • Commons gallery: Thymus serpyllum[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36628[13]
  • This taxon is source of: wild thyme oil[14], wild thyme[15]
  • Short name: T. serpyllum[16]
  • Taxon common name: Sand-Thymian[17], زعتر بري[18], Sürünən kəklikotu[19], Кейәү үләне[20], дива мащерка[21], Munudig[22], Tin-lann[23], Majčina dušica[24], Farigola de muntanya[25], Farigola mascle[26], Frigoleta[27], Salsa de pastor[28], Serpol[29], Serpoll[30]

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Identifiers

Thymus serpyllum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 204219[31]. Thymus serpyllum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1278298[32]. Thymus serpyllum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6409622[33]. Thymus serpyllum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32822[34].

Why It Matters

Thymus serpyllum has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4542
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12891651-n
    Interlingual index id → i104433
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293039
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Aliases → —
    Hardiness of plant → 4
    Taxon range → People's Republic of China
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 24615, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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