Plocama thymoides

{{short description|Species of plant}}

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|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{Cite iucn | author= Miller, A. |title= Gaillonia thymoides | page= e.T45019A10972893| date =2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45019A10972893.en | access-date =14 September 2024}}

|taxon = Plocama thymoides

|authority = (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin (2007)

|synonyms =

• Gaillonia thymoides Balf.f. (1882)
• Neogaillonia thymoides (Balf.f.) Lincz. (1973)

|synonyms_ref={{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080056-1|title= Plocama thymoides (Balf.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= 14 September 2024}}

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Plocama thymoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. 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.