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
