Biology:Oreoxis
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.[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
Oreoxis is known by the common name of alpine parsley and the genus name is also used as common name.[13][9]
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 NRCS 2025.
- ↑ POWO 2025b.
- ↑ POWO 2025e.
- ↑ POWO 2025f.
- ↑ Duft & Moseley 1989, p. 125.
Sources
- Books
- Cronquist, Arthur; Holmgren, Noel H.; Holmgren, Patricia K. (1997) (in en). Intermountain Flora : Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.. Three, Part A. Subclass Rosidae (except Fabales). New York: New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-374-3. OCLC 503654484. https://archive.org/details/intermountainflo0003arth. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Duft, Joseph F.; Moseley, Robert K. (1989) (in en). Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press. ISBN 978-0-87842-238-8. OCLC 19325552. https://archive.org/details/alpinewildflower0000duft. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Heil, Kenneth D.; O'Kane, Steve L. Jr.; Reeves, Linda Mary; Clifford, Arnold (2013) (in en). 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. OCLC 859541992. https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003888887. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Welsh, Stanley L.; Atwood, N. Duane; Goodrich, Sherel; Higgins, Larry C. (1987) (in en). A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, No. 9 (First ed.). Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. OCLC 9986953694. https://archive.org/details/utahflora0000unse. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15996674. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- Web sources
- Template:Cite usda plants
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis Raf." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/40313-1.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis alpina (A.Gray) J.M.Coult. & Rose" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/176279-2.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis bakeri J.M.Coult. & Rose" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/176281-2.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis humilis Raf." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/845505-1.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis macdougalii (J.M.Coult. & Rose) Rydb." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/176283-2.
- POWO (2025). "Oreoxis trotteri S.L.Welsh & Goodrich" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/281715-2.
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