Plocama thymoides

Plocama thymoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.^[2] It is a subshrub or shrub endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen.^[2] It grows in semi-deciduous woodland on the limestone plateau and escarpment above Qalansiyah in northwestern Socotra from 350 to 700 metres elevation. It is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN under the basionym Gaillonia thymoides.^[1]

Plocama thymoides
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Plocama
Species:	P. thymoides
Binomial name
Plocama thymoides (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin (2007)
Synonyms[2]
Gaillonia thymoides Balf.f. (1882) Neogaillonia thymoides (Balf.f.) Lincz. (1973)