“…The typification must be the starting point of any taxonomic study especially in a difficult genus such as Thymus (e.g., Schmidt, 1977Schmidt, , 1997Mártonfi, 1997;Marhold & Mártonfi, 1998;Lim & al., 2006;Bartolucci & Peruzzi, 2013;Bartolucci & Domina, in press) that includes an enormous number of validly published names, with many nomenclatural and taxonomic synonyms. During a preliminary study of the genus Thymus in the Mediterranean area (Bartolucci, 2010;Bartolucci & Peruzzi, 2013;Federici & al., 2013;Bartolucci & Domina, in press) and preparation of a taxonomic treatment for the second edition of Flora d'Italia (Pignatti, 1982), several validly published names resulted not yet typified.…”