Thymus alpinus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 591. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Helveticis, Austriacis, Monspelii. D. Rathgeb." RCN: 4302.

Lectotype (Morales in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 522. 2001): Herb. Burser XII: 155 (UPS) .

Current name: Clinopodium alpinum (L.) Kuntze ( Lamiaceae).