Frasera

Frasera
	Flower of Frasera albomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Tribe:	Gentianeae
Subtribe:	Swertiinae
Genus:	Frasera; Walter
Type species
	Frasera caroliniensis; Walter
Species
	See text; Sources: GRIN,[1] ING,[2]

Frasera, the green gentians, is a genus in the gentian family, native to North America and named for John Fraser, a Scottish botanist and colleague of Thomas Walter.[3]

Taxonomy

Historically, Frasera has sometimes been considered part of Swertia, but molecular analysis of a number of Frasera species has shown them to form a monophyletic clade separate from the rest of Swertia.[1]

Species

Frasera ackermaniae
Frasera albicaulis
Frasera albomarginata
Frasera caroliniensis
Frasera coloradensis
Frasera fastigiata
Frasera gypsicola
Frasera montana
Frasera neglecta
Frasera puberulenta
Frasera pahutensis
Frasera paniculata
Frasera parryi
Frasera speciosa
Frasera tubulosa
Frasera umpquaensis

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References

Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-23). "Genus: Swertia". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
"Index Nominum Genericorum database". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Smithsonian Institution. 1978. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
The Frasera (Walter, 1795) were named for John Fraser. (Linn. 4-Tetrandria, i-Moniogynia, allied to Chironia.) See, Card, H.H., A revision of Genus Frasera, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, April 1931, 18(2):245-282 at 245. Accessed 2 August 2012. And ref Johnson, George William, Johnson's Gardeners' dictionary and cultural instructor, London, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co., Ltd., 1916, p. 361. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20764. Accessed 2 August 2012.

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[GRIN-1] Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-23). "Genus: Swertia". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2008-05-16.

[ING-2] "Index Nominum Genericorum database". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Smithsonian Institution. 1978. Retrieved 2011-12-11.

[3] The Frasera (Walter, 1795) were named for John Fraser. (Linn. 4-Tetrandria, i-Moniogynia, allied to Chironia.) See, Card, H.H., A revision of Genus Frasera, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, April 1931, 18(2):245-282 at 245. Accessed 2 August 2012. And ref Johnson, George William, Johnson's Gardeners' dictionary and cultural instructor, London, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co., Ltd., 1916, p. 361. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20764. Accessed 2 August 2012.