Atacama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Schizopetaleae
Genus: Atacama
Species: A. nivea

Name

Atacama O.Toro, Mort & Al-Shehbaz Pl. Syst. Evol. 301(5): 1388. (2014)

• monotypic taxon

References

• Toro-Núñez, O., Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Mort, M.E. 2014. Phylogenetic study with nuclear and chloroplast data and ecological niche reveals Atacama (Brassicaceae), a new monotypic genus endemic from the Andes of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Plant Systematics and Evolution 301(5): 1377–1396. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1157-y JSTOR Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Atacama in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atacama. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 12 2016. Reference page.