Atacamallium

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Atacamallium

|parent_authority = Nic.García (2022)

|species = minutiflorum

|authority = R.Pinto & Nic.García (2022)

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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,[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77300613-1 Atacamallium minutiflorum R.Pinto & Nic.García]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 May 2024. where it grows in the coastal Atacama Desert.García, N., Sassone, A.B., Pinto, R. and Román, M.J. (2022), Atacamallium minutiflorum (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae), new genus and species from the coastal desert of northern Chile. Taxon, 71: 552-562. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12684

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.