| Oreoxis | |
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| Oreoxis humilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Oreoxis Raf. |
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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
Oreoxis was given its scientific name in 1830 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque with one species, Oreoxis humilis.12 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 Oreoxis is considered an accepted genus according to Plants of the World Online and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service plants database.19
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 macdougalii11
- Oreoxis trotteri S.L.Welsh & Goodrich – 1985 synonym of Cymopterus trotteri12
Names
Oreoxis is known by the common name of alpine parsley and the genus name is also used as common name.139
References
References
Citations
- 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.
- NRCS 2025.
- POWO 2025b.
- POWO 2025e.
- POWO 2025f.
- Duft & Moseley 1989, p. 125.
Sources
- 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.