Atacama

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
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 Paywall 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.