Atacama nivea

Atacama nivea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Tribe: Schizopetaleae
Genus:
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.

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Atacama nivea (Phil.) Toro-Núñez, Mort & Al-Shehbaz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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