''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.
[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.
Taxonomy
Historically, ''Frasera'' has sometimes been considered part of ''
Swertia
''Swertia'' is a genus in the gentian family containing plants sometimes referred to as the felworts. Some species bear very showy purple and blue flowers. Many members of this genus have medicinal and cultural purposes.
Plants of genus '' Fras ...
'', but molecular analysis of a number of ''Frasera'' species has shown them to form a
monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria:
# the grouping contains its own most recent co ...
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 speciosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family (Gentianaceae) known by the common names elkweed, monument plant, and green gentian. When blooming it grows a tall stalk with numerous flowers that have purple dotted gree ...
''
* ''
Frasera tubulosa''
* ''
Frasera umpquaensis''
References
Flora of Northern America
Gentianaceae genera
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