Biology:Frasera
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Frasera | |
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| Flower of Frasera albomarginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20764. Accessed 2 August 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q8962722 entry
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