Thymus vulgaris
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Thymus vulgaris's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility93 818 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI29 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics42 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Thymus vulgaris L., leThym cultivé, Thym commun ou Farigoule, est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Lamiacées. En cuisine, on l'appelle simplement « thym ». C'est un sous-arbrisseau commun des garrigues ensoleillées et des steppes du sud de l'Europe et du Nord de l'Afrique. Le thym est indissociable de la culture méditerranéenne. Le thym commun est une plante des pharmacopées méditerranéennes. Il a la particularité de présenter une diversité de chimiotypes très importante, ce qui lui confère ainsi une grande variété de constituants médicinaux. Comme aromate, la culture du thym s'est répandue dans le monde entier.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology23
Life cycle & reproduction15
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment15
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Thymus vulgaris across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds6 021 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese tannin | 9,000 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Retinol | 4,751 IU | FooDB | |
| Rosmarinic acid | 2,600 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Calcium | 1,973.45 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| 17alpha-ethynylestradiol | 1,900 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Sugars | 1,710 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| trans-Caffeic acid | 1,690 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Ursolic acid | 1,690 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Thymus vulgaris has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Thymus vulgaris carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 3021×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +7
2n 585×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 603×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 482×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · kew
2n 562×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 281×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
hexaploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type93 818 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions79 of 157 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Paris, FR | 263 |
| València, ES | 184 |
| Pamplona, ES | 58 |
| Alicante, ES | 46 |
| Barcelona, ES | 38 |
| LDlocation not on record | 37 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 36 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 36 |
| MAlocation not on record | 35 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 35 |
| BClocation not on record | 28 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 28 |
| Wlocation not on record | 26 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 23 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 19 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 19 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 19 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 19 |
| Salamanca, ES | 18 |
| Saint Louis, US | 15 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 14 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 14 |
| Wellington, NZ | 12 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 12 |
| Auckland, NZ | 9 |
| Pamplona, ES | 9 |
| Chapingo, MX | 8 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 8 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 8 |
| Vitoria, ES | 8 |
| Durango, MX | 7 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 7 |
| Madrid, ES | 7 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 7 |
| Quito, EC | 6 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 5 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 5 |
| Mlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bern, CH | 5 |
| Monastir, TN | 5 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 5 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Olocation not on record | 4 |
| Maringá, BR | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Québec, CA | 3 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 3 |
| Puebla, MX | 3 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Banyoles, ES | 3 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 3 |
| ESP149location not on record | 3 |
| Córdoba, AR | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 3 |
| Salzburg, AT | 3 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 3 |
| Görlitz, DE | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 3 |
| National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinarian Research, Portugallocation not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 2 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 2 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| Bozeman, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 2 |
| UChlocation not on record | 2 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 2 |
| Shanghai, CN | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 2 |
| Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| Riobamba, EC | 2 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, ES | 1 |
| Baroda, IN | 1 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| ROM020location not on record | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Beijing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| León, NI | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Kochi, JP | 1 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Guatemala, GT | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| QAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| AZE014location not on record | 1 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| Tartu, EE | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Pelotaslocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Thymus vulgaris was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.