Frasera Explained

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.^[1]

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.

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

Notes and References

1. 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. . Accessed 2 August 2012.