''Aletes'' has been regarded a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus '' Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plan ...
, all of which are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
North America. ,
Plants of the World Online regarded ''Aletes'' as a synonym of ''
Cymopterus
''Cymopterus'' is a genus of perennial plants in the family Apiaceae native to western North America. They are commonly known as the springparsleys. '',
while GRIN Taxonomy regarded it as a possible synonym of that genus.
Species that may be placed in the genus include the following (placements in ''Cymopterus'' from Plants of the World Online):
*''Aletes acaulis''
(Torr.) J.M.Coult. & Rose - stemless Indian parsley → ''
Cymopterus hallii''
*''Aletes filifolius''
Mathias, Constance & W.L.Theobald - Trans-Pecos Indian parsley → ''
Cymopterus filifolius
*''
Aletes humilis''
J.M.Coult. & Rose - Colorado aletes
*''Aletes macdougalii''
J.M.Coult. & Rose - MacDougal's Indian parsley → ''
Cymopterus macdougalii''
*''Aletes sessiliflorus''
W.L.Theobald & C.C.Tseng - sessileflower Indian parsley → ''
Cymopterus sessiliflorus''
References
Flora of Northern America
Taxa named by John Merle Coulter
Apioideae
Apioideae genera
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