Taxon:  Krameria lappacea (Dombey) Burdet & B. B. Simpson



Summary
Genus:
Krameria
Family:
Krameriaceae
Nomen number:
402605
Place of publication:
Candollea 38:696.  1983
Verified:
08/24/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Landia lappacea Dombey

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Krameria iluca Phil.
Krameria triandra Ruiz & Pav.

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Embryo drawing

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Bisset, N. G., ed. 1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Note: = Krameria triandra
  3. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  6. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  7. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  8. Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
  9. Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 178. Note: = Krameria triandra
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishrhatany  1Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
Englishrhatany-root  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanRatanhia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmapato  2Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
Swedishratania  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:42-47.
Medicinesfolklore Bisset, N. G., ed. 1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Note: = Krameria triandra
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402605. Accessed 17 April 2026.