Introductory
SPECIES: Krameria parvifolia | Range Ratany 



ABBREVIATION : 
KRAPAR

SYNONYMS : 
   Krameria glandulosa Rose & Painter


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   KRPA
   KRPAG
   KRPAI


COMMON NAMES : 
   range ratany
   chacate
   littleleaf krameria
   little-leaf krameria
   littleleaf ratany
   pima
   ratany
   sticky little-leaf krameria (KRPAG)
   spiny little-leaf krameria (KRPAI)
   wood ratany


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of range ratany is Krameria
parvifolia Benth. [22].

There are two recognized varieties:  Krameria parvifolia var. glandulosa
(Rose & Painter) J.F. Macbr. and K. p. var. imparata J.F. Macbr.
Variety glandulosa is differentiated from var. imparata by its stipitate
glands on the pedicels [22]

Various authors have included the genus Krameria in the families
Leguminosae, Polygalaceae, and Krameriaceae [15].  Dhillon [10]
concluded that, based on the vascular anatomy of the flower, range
ratany 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 parvifolia. In: Remainder of Citation

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