Frasera

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]

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]

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