
Rhatanies
Krameria
Krameria is the only genus in the Krameriaceae family, of which any of the approximately 18 species are commonly known as rhatany, ratany or rattany. Rhatany is also the name given to krameria root, a botanical remedy consisting of the dried root of para rhatany (Krameria argentea) or Peruvian rhatany (Krameria lappacea).
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Trailing Rhatany
speciesKrameria lanceolata

White Rhatany
speciesKrameria bicolor

Littleleaf Rhatany
speciesKrameria erecta

Manystem Ratany
speciesKrameria ramosissima

Savanilla Rhatany
speciesKrameria ixine

Peruvian Rhatany
speciesKrameria lappacea

Chilean Rhatany
speciesKrameria cistoidea

Krameria cytisoides
speciesKrameria cytisoides

Krameria paucifolia
speciesKrameria paucifolia

Krameria pauciflora
speciesKrameria pauciflora

Krameria tomentosa
speciesKrameria tomentosa

Krameria revoluta
speciesKrameria revoluta

Krameria sonorae
speciesKrameria sonorae

Brazilian Rhatany
speciesKrameria argentea

Krameria secundiflora
speciesKrameria secundiflora

Krameria grandiflora
speciesKrameria grandiflora

Krameria bahiana
speciesKrameria bahiana

Krameria spartioides
speciesKrameria spartioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Krameria in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58458.