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Oreoxis
Sign in to saveOreoxis, 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 – Colorado, northern New Mexico, and Utah Oreoxis humilis – central Colorado (Pikes Peak area)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyApiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Collections
- CAS, NO, VT
- Recorded in
- United States
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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 – Colorado, northern New Mexico, and Utah Oreoxis humilis – central Colorado (Pikes Peak area)
==Taxonomy== Oreoxis was given its scientific name in 1830 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque with one species, Oreoxis humilis. The second accepted species was scientifically described and named Oreoxis bakeri in 1900 by John Merle Coulter and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1900.
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