Oreoxis

Oreoxis
Oreoxis humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Oreoxis
Raf.
Species[1]

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.

Taxonomy

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 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

Oreoxis is known by the common name of alpine parsley and the genus name is also used as common name.[13][9]

References

Citations

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.
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