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, 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
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