Frasera neglecta

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Family Gentianaceae

Herbs [shrubs or small trees ], annual , biennial, or perennial . Stems ascending , erect , or twining . Leaves opposite, less often alternate or whorled , simple , base connate ; stipules absent. Inflorescences simple or complex cymes, sometimes reduced to sessile clusters , often in a thyrse or 1-flowered. Flowers bisexual , rarely unisexual , 4 or 5 (or 6-8) [-12]-merous. Calyx tubular , obconic, campanulate , or rotate, lobes joined at least basally. Corolla tubular, obconic, salverform , funnelform , campanulate, or rotate, rarely with basal spurs; lobes overlapping to right or rarely valvate in bud; plicae (extensions of the corolla tube between the lobes) present or absent. Stamens inserted on corolla tube or occasionally at sinus between corolla lobes, alternate with lobes; anthers basifixed or dorsifixed , 2-locular. Nectaries absent or attached to ovary base or corolla. Ovary usually 1-locular at least apically, rarely 2-locular due to intrusion of a lamellate placenta into locular cavity . Fruit a 2-valved capsule, rarely a berry. Seeds many or rarely few, small; endosperm abundant [scant in saprophytic genera].

About 80 genera and 700 species: worldwide; 20 genera and 419 species in China, of which two genera and 251 species are endemic.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Leucocraspedum montanum (Mulford) Rydb.
2. Swertia montana (Mulford) St. John

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Frasera

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 43 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

F. albicaulis (Cusick´s Frasera) · F. albicaulis Douglas ex Griseb. var. albicaulis Douglas ex Griseb. (Cusick´s Frasera) · F. albicaulis Douglas ex Griseb. var. columbiana (St. John) C.L.Hitchc. (Cusick´s Frasera) · F. albicaulis Douglas ex Griseb. var. nitida (Benth.) C.L.Hitchc. (Cusick´s Frasera) · F. albicaulis var. albicaulis (Whitestem Frasera) · F. albicaulis var. columbiana (Whitestem Frasera) · F. albicaulis var. cusickii (Cusick´s Frasera) · F. albicaulis var. idahoensis (Idaho Frasera) · F. albicaulis var. modocensis (Modoc Elkweed) · F. albicaulis var. nitida (Whitestem Frasera) · F. albomarginata (White-Margined Gentian) · F. albomarginata var. albomarginata (Desert Elkweed) · F. angustifolia · F. carolinensis · F. caroliniensis (American Columbo) · F. coerulea · F. coloradensis (Colorado Frasera) · F. cusickii (Cusick's Frasera) · F. fastigiata (Clustered Green Gentian) · F. gypsicola (Sunnyside Green-Gentian) · F. induta · F. macrophylla · F. montana (Mountain Gentian) · F. neglecta (Pine Green Gentian) · F. nitida · F. paniculata (Tufted Green-Gentian) · F. parryi (Parry's Green-Gentian) · F. puberulenta (Western Gentian) · F. scabra · F. speciosa (Showy Green-Gentian) · F. speciosa angustifolia · F. speciosa stenosepala · F. speciosa var. scabra · F. speciosa var. stenosepalum · F. stenosepala · F. tashiroi · F. tetrapetala · F. thyrsiflora · F. tubulosa (Coville's Gentian) · F. utahensis · F. venosa · F. verticillata · F. walteri

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- ENG url p. 95.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] ENG url p. 363.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. ENG url p. 77.
• Ho Ting-nung; Liu Shang-wu, & Wu Ching-ju in Ho Ting-nung, ed. 1988. Gentianaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 62: 1-411.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667150
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-502656
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:367681-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502656
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 105749-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDGEN05080
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SWNE
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 36638

Footnotes

1. Ting-nung Ho & James S. Pringle "Gentianaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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