Introductory
SPECIES: Krameria grayi | White Ratany 



ABBREVIATION : 
KRAGRA

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   KRGR


COMMON NAMES : 
   white ratany
   chacate
   crimson-beak
   Gray's Krameria
   Gray's ratany
   ratany


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of white ratany is Krameria grayi
Rose & Painter [20].  The genus Krameria was named in honor of the
Austrian botanist Henry Kramer [29].  IT has been included in the
families Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Polygalaceae, and Krameriaceae [11].
Dhillon [6] concluded, based on the vascular anatomy of the flower of
range ratany (Krameria parvifolia), that the genus Krameria belongs in
the family Polygalaceae.


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Randy Scott Griffith, July 1991.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Griffith, Randy Scott. 1991. Krameria grayi. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Krameria grayi | White Ratany