Atacama nivea

Atacama nivea is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, and the sole species in genus Atacama. It is a subshrub native to the Andes of northern Chile, where it grows in subalpine habitats.^[1]

Atacama nivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Tribe:	Schizopetaleae
Genus:	Atacama Toro-Núñez, Mort & Al-Shehbaz
Species:	A. nivea
Binomial name
Atacama nivea (Phil.) Toro-Núñez, Mort & Al-Shehbaz
Synonyms[1]
Hesperis nivea (Phil.) Kuntze Mathewsia nivea (Phil.) O.E.Schulz Sisymbrium niveum Phil. (1860) Sisymbrium niveum Phil. (1865), nom. illeg.

It was first described as Sisymbrium niveum by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1860. In 2014 Oscar Toro-Núñez, Mark E. Mort, and Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz placed it in the new monotypic genus Atacama.^[1]