Amit ji I would request you to recheck your population. Typical Thymus serpyllum var. serpyllum also has pink flowers. Your clearly has white flowers and should be *Thymus* *serpyllum* var. *albus* B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach. This according to Kew Plant List is now correctly known as *Thymus **linearis* var. *album* (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) H.B.Naithani<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205010> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205010
Perhaps any publication which describes or keys out the two species should help. This link should help in understanding Thymus serpyllum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:07 PM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: > No sir this population was introduced from some Mediterranean country > way back in 1990's at our farm by one of the researcher it is typical > Thymus serpyllum L. There is lot of confusion about T. serpyllum in > India most of the earlier authors reported T. linearis of Indian > Himalaya with the name of preceding species. In Indian Himalaya only > one species of Thyme grows i.e. T. linearis as collected by you from > kashmir and manali. > > On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes Amit ji > > This population seems to be different from ones I have seen in Kashmir > and > > Manali, where the flowers have pnkish tinge. > > > > By the way the correct name for our species is now Thymus linearis > > > > *Thymus linearis* Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 31 1830. > > syn: Thymus serpyllum auct. Himal (non L.) > > > > Your plant with white flowers seems to be > > *Thymus* *linearis* var. *album* (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) H.B.Naithani > > Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 346 1990 > > * > > * > > * > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > * > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Sending photos of Thymus serpyllum cultivated at our institutes farm. > >> Highly prized as spice and condiments, antiseptic, and having > >> essential oil rich in thymol which is used as powerful antifungal > >> agent. > >> > >> regards > >> -- > >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> Junior Technical Assistant > >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> ph.05944 234445 > >> mob.+919412161087 > >> mail: amitci...@gmail.com > >> amitci...@rediffmail.com > >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in > >> > > > > > -- > Dr. Amit Chauhan > Junior Technical Assistant > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > Uttarakhand 263149 > ph.05944 234445 > mob.+919412161087 > mail: amitci...@gmail.com > amitci...@rediffmail.com > amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >
