Oreoxis
| Oreoxis | |
|---|---|
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| Oreoxis humilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Oreoxis Raf. |
| Species[1] | |
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Oreoxis, also known as alpine parsley, is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. It includes two species native to subalpine regions of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah in the west-central United States.
- Oreoxis bakeri J.M.Coult. & Rose – Colorado, northern New Mexico, and Utah
- Oreoxis humilis Raf. – central Colorado (Pikes Peak area)
Taxonomy
[edit]Oreoxis was given its scientific name in 1830 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque with one species, Oreoxis humilis.[1][2] The second accepted species was scientifically described and named Oreoxis bakeri in 1900 by John Merle Coulter and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1900.[3]
After studying the genus Cymopterus Marcus E. Jones proposed merging Orexis as a section in 1908.[4] However, other botanists such as Mildred E. Mathias retained it as an accepted genus in 1930.[5] The genus was also retained by Stanley Larson Welsh and his coauthors in their book Utah Flora published in 1987.[6] However, Arthur Cronquist and his collaborators on the Intermountain Flora Volume Three, Part A again proposed that it be included in Cymopterus in 1997.[7] Similarly Kenneth D. Heil and his coauthors choose to publish with Oreoxis listed as a synonym in 2013.[8] As of 2025[update] Oreoxis is considered an accepted genus according to Plants of the World Online and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service plants database.[1][9]
There are three other species previously placed in the genus:
- Oreoxis alpina (A.Gray) J.M.Coult. & Rose – 1900 synonym of Cymopterus alpinus.[10]
- Oreoxis macdougalii (J.M.Coult. & Rose) Rydb. – 1913 synonym of Cymopterus macdougalii[11]
- Oreoxis trotteri S.L.Welsh & Goodrich – 1985 synonym of Cymopterus trotteri[12]
Names
[edit]Oreoxis is known by the common name of alpine parsley and the genus name is also used as common name.[13][9]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- 1 2 3 POWO 2025a.
- ↑ POWO 2025d.
- ↑ POWO 2025c.
- ↑ Mathias 1930, p. 217.
- ↑ Mathias 1930, pp. 282–283.
- ↑ Welsh et al. 1987, p. 633.
- ↑ Cronquist, Holmgren & Holmgren 1997, p. 372.
- ↑ Heil et al. 2013, p. 114.
- 1 2 NRCS 2025.
- ↑ POWO 2025b.
- ↑ POWO 2025e.
- ↑ POWO 2025f.
- ↑ Duft & Moseley 1989, p. 125.
Sources
[edit]- Books
- Cronquist, Arthur; Holmgren, Noel H.; Holmgren, Patricia K. (1997). Intermountain Flora : Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.. Vol. Three, Part A. Subclass Rosidae (except Fabales). New York: New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-374-3. OCLC 503654484. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Duft, Joseph F.; Moseley, Robert K. (1989). Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press. ISBN 978-0-87842-238-8. OCLC 19325552. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Heil, Kenneth D.; O'Kane, Steve L. Jr.; Reeves, Linda Mary; Clifford, Arnold (2013). Flora of the Four Corners Region: Vascular Plants of the San Juan River Drainage, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah (First ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-1-930723-84-9. ISSN 0161-1542. LCCN 2012949654. OCLC 859541992. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Welsh, Stanley L.; Atwood, N. Duane; Goodrich, Sherel; Higgins, Larry C. (1987). A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, No. 9 (First ed.). Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. JSTOR 23377658. OCLC 9986953694. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Journals
- Mathias, Mildred E. (September 1930). "Studies in the Umbelliferae. III. A Monograph of Cymopterus Including a Critical Study of Related Genera". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 17 (3/4): 213–476. doi:10.2307/2394264. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 2394264. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Web sources
- NRCS (13 October 2025), "Oreoxis", PLANTS Database, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis Raf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis alpina (A.Gray) J.M.Coult. & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis bakeri J.M.Coult. & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis humilis Raf". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis macdougalii (J.M.Coult. & Rose) Rydb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis trotteri S.L.Welsh & Goodrich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.