Taxon: Krameria ixine L.

Summary

Genus:

Krameria

Family:

Krameriaceae

Nomen number:

21257

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:899. 1759 (P. Löfling, Iter hispan. 195. 1758, nom. inval.)

Comment:

Loefling (1758), published by Linnaeus, did not validate this name. The generic name Ixine Loefl. is cited after and was converted to Krameria by L., thus "Krameria. (Ixine Loefl.)" is not a binomial
K."ixina" L., orth. var.

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/24/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Farr, E. R. et al., eds. 1979, 1986. Index nomina genericorum Note: database
Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca	Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	Curacao	Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico	Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia		Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles [Curacao], Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Haiti, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Reference(s)

Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:774.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore	as tonic, but possibly carcinogenic	Simpson, B. B. 1989. Krameriaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 49:81. Note: lists as Krameria ixine Loefl.

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://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21257. Accessed 15 November 2026.