Atacamallium minutiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is the sole species in genus Atacamallium. It is a bulbous geophyte endemic to Antofagasta Region of northern Chile,[1] where it grows in the coastal Atacama Desert.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Leucocoryneae |
| Genus: | Atacamallium Nic.García (2022) |
| Species: | A. minutiflorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Atacamallium minutiflorum R.Pinto & Nic.García (2022)
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DNA and morphological analyses place it as a sister to genus Leucocoryne in the tribe Leucocoryneae. It is distinguished from other Leucocoryneae by having smaller flowers, tepals fused only at the base, six stamens arranged in a single series, and trifid (three-lobed) stigma.[2]
References
edit- ^ Atacamallium minutiflorum R.Pinto & Nic.García. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b García, N., Sassone, A.B., Pinto, R. and Román, M.J. (2022), Atacamallium minutiflorum (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae), new genus and species from the coastal desert of northern Chile. Taxon, 71: 552-562. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12684