| Aimara | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brassicoideae |
| Tribe: | Cremolobeae |
| Genus: | Aimara Salariato & Al-Shehbaz |
| Species: | A. rollinsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aimara rollinsii (Al-Shehbaz & Martic.) Salariato & Al-Shehbaz | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Menonvillea rollinsiiAl-Shehbaz & Martic. | |
Aimara is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It contains a single species, Aimara rollinsii, a subshrub endemic to Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, where it grows in subalpine habitats in the Andes. [1]
The species was first described as Menonvillea rollinsii by Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz & Clodomiro Fidel Segundo Marticorena in 1990. In 2013 Al-Shehbaz and Diego L. Salariato placed it in the new monotypic genus Aimara as Aimara rollinsii. [1]