Atacamallium
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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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Atacamallium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Tribe: | Leucocoryneae |
Genus: | Atacamallium Nic.García (2022) |
Species: | A. minutiflorum |
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]