Atacamallium

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]

Atacamallium
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)

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]