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Krameria erecta

Willd. ex J.A. Schultes

Small-flower Ratany

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130049
Element CodePDKRA01070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderPolygalales
FamilyKrameriaceae
GenusKrameria
Other Common Names
littleleaf ratany (EN) Littleleaf Ratany (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
Krameria erecta, as recognized by Simpson in FNA (2016, vol. 12) and Kartesz (1994, 1999), includes Krameria parvifolia.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-12-01
Change Date1993-11-30
Edition Date1993-11-18
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C.
Rank Reasons
In the United States, plants are common in extreme southwestern Texas, sporadic in southern New Mexico, and frequent in southern Arizona and California. In Mexico, the species ranges across Baja California and is abundant in the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Coahuila. It occurs less freqently in San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, and Durango.
Range Extent Comments
CA (east Peninsular Ranges, Santa Rosa Mtns, central and south Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert), to NV, TX; northern Mexico.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry, rocky ridges, slopes, sands, limestone-derived soils; <1400 m.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
UtahS2Yes
NevadaS4Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
ArizonaS4Yes
TexasSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (31)
Arizona (21)
AreaForestAcres
Arnold MesaPrescott National Forest12,286
Black CanyonPrescott National Forest10,683
BoulderTonto National Forest40,359
Butterfly Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest42,296
Catalina St. Pk. Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest951
Cdo WsaCoronado National Forest1,955
GoldfieldTonto National Forest15,257
Grief HillPrescott National Forest12,535
HackberryPrescott National Forest914
HackberryCoconino National Forest17,885
Happy ValleyCoronado National Forest7,972
Lime CreekTonto National Forest42,568
Lower RinconCoronado National Forest3,278
MazatzalTonto National Forest16,942
Middle Romero WSRCoronado National Forest60
Oracle RoadlessCoronado National Forest22,365
PinalenoCoronado National Forest130,920
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
Upper Rincon RoadlessCoronado National Forest2,991
Upper Romero WsrCoronado National Forest150
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
California (2)
AreaForestAcres
Cactus Springs BSan Bernardino National Forest3,106
Granite PeakSan Bernardino National Forest450
Nevada (4)
AreaForestAcres
Charleston - CarpenterHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest17,828
La Madre - TroutHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest2,101
Lovell Summit SouthHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest28,455
PotosiHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest5,145
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Peloncillo (NM)Coronado National Forest43,339
South Guadalupe MountainsLincoln National Forest20,930
Utah (2)
AreaForestAcres
CottonwoodDixie National Forest6,754
Pine Valley MountainsDixie National Forest57,673
References (5)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2016. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 12. Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 603 pp.
  2. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  5. Simpson, B. B. 1989. Flora Neotropica: Monograph 49: Krameridaceae. Organization for Flora Neotropica, New York Botaniacl Garden, New York. 108 págs.