Thymelaea
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Thymelaea is a genus of about 30 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of evergreen
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...

 shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

s and herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...

s in the flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

 family Thymelaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae is a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera and 898 species. It was established in 1789 by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.Thymelaeaceae is in the order Malvales...

, native to the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

, the Mediterranean region, north to central Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, and east to central Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

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Species
  • Thymelaea antiatlantica
  • Thymelaea aucheri
  • Thymelaea broteriana
  • Thymelaea calycina
  • Thymelaea cilicica
  • Thymelaea coridifolia
  • Thymelaea dioica
  • Thymelaea granatensis
  • Thymelaea gussonei
  • Thymelaea hirsuta
  • Thymelaea lanuginosa
  • Thymelaea lythroides
  • Thymelaea mesopotamica
  • Thymelaea microphylla
  • Thymelaea myrtifolia
  • Thymelaea nitida
  • Thymelaea passerina (Spurge Flax)
  • Thymelaea procumbens
  • Thymelaea pubescens
  • Thymelaea putorioides
  • Thymelaea ruizii
  • Thymelaea salsa
  • Thymelaea sanamunda
  • Thymelaea sempervirens
  • Thymelaea subrepens
  • Thymelaea tartonraira
  • Thymelaea tinctoria
  • Thymelaea virgata
  • Thymelaea virescens
  • Thymelaea villosa
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