Finds of Thymus species in the flora of Dagestan

The findings of species of the genus Thymus L. in the mountainous Dagestan, made in 2021–2024, are reported. For the first time in the republic, seven new species have been identified (T. elisabethae, T. lipskyi, T. menitskyi, T. pseudonummularius, T. osseticus, T. sessilifolius и T. teberdensis). New floristic regions have been identified for four species: T. dimorphus (Centralno-Dagestansky floristic region), T. mashukensis (Centralno-Dagestansky and Predgorny), T. pastoralis (Centralno-Dagestansky), T. rariflorus (Akhtynsko-Kyurinsky and Predgorny).