Frasera

Frasera

Flower of Frasera albomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Genus:	Frasera Walter
Type species
Frasera caroliniensis Walter
Species
See text Sources: GRIN,^[1] ING,^[2]

Frasera is a genus in the gentian family, native to North America.

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]

List of species

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

References

^ ^a ^b 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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11742. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
^ "Index Nominum Genericorum database". International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Smithsonian Institution. 1978. http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Frasera. Retrieved 2011-12-11.