title: Frasera
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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
  