Abrojo Colorado

Krameria acuminata Britton, sp. nov
A much-branched shrub, the slender branches tomentose. Leaves linear to oblong, 1.5-3 cm. long, spinulose-acute, or obtuse, tomentulose, petioled, the upper much smaller; petioles 2-6 mm. long; peduncles very short; sepals 4, silky, elliptic, obtuse, 6-7 mm. long; lower petals obliquely obovate-subcuneate or oblong, 3-4 mm. long; upper petals connate at the base, 5-6 mm. long, the claws narrow, the limbs oblong, acuminate; fruit globose, the tomentose body about 6 mm. in diameter, the acicular spines barbed above.
Tepic and Nayarit; Sinaloa? Type from the vicinity of Acaponeta, Tepic, .pril 10, 1910, Rose, Standley & Russell 14355.

Krameria cuspidata Presl, Rcl. Haenk. 2: 103. 1835
An erect, much-branched shrub, the branches densely tomentose. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, petioled, tomentulose, spinulose-cuspidate, the lower 1.5-2 cm. long, 3-7 mm. wide, 3-nerved, the upper much smaller; petioles 4-6 mm. long; peduncles short, mostly not longer than the subtending leaves, densely pilose-tomentose, bracted near the middle; sepals 4, oblong, obtuse, 6-7 mm. long, densely strigose; lower petals suborbicular to elliptic, 2.5 mm. long; upper petals united to near the middle, the obtuse or rounded limbs dilated; fruit globose, the body densely villous, 5-6 mm. in diameter, the acicular spines 3-4 mm. long, short-barbed above.
Type locality: Acapulco. Guerrero. Distribution: Guerrero.

Krameria ixina L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 177. 1762
Krameria Ishamil Millsp. Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 2: 48. 1900.
A shrub, about 1 m. high or less, irregularly branched, the stiff slender branches whitishtomentose. Leaves narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm. long, tomentose, or tomentulose, the apex spinulose-acuminate, the slender petioles 2-6 mm. long; peduncles very short, mostly not longer than the leaves; sepals 4, ovate, acuminate, silky, about 6 mm. long; lower petals elliptic-obovate, subtruncate, about 3 mm. long; upper petals connate at the base, about 4 mm. long, the claws narrow, the limbs short, ovate, acute; body of the fruit pubescent, 5-6 mm. in diameter, the slender spines 4-6 mm. long, retrorsely barbed above.
Type locality: Cumana (Venezuela).
Distribution: Hispaniola; Porto Rico; Mona; St. Thomas; St. Eustatius; Antigua, Grenada, Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia; Venezuela.

Krameria ixine (abrojo colorado) is a perennial shrub of the family Krameriaceae, the Rhatanies. It is native to Puerto Rico, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Central America, and in South America (Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia).