Sonchus phoeniciformis

Sonchus phoeniciformis, synonym Dendroseris pinnata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands of Chile.^[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Sonchus phoeniciformis
Botanical illustration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Sonchus
Subgenus:	Sonchus subg. Dendroseris
Species:	S. phoeniciformis
Binomial name
Sonchus phoeniciformis S.C.Kim & Mejías[2]
Synonyms[2]
Rea pinnata Bertero ex Decne. Dendroseris pinnata Hook. & Arn. Phoenicoseris pinnata (Bertero ex Decne.) Skottsb.

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1833 as Rea pinnata.^[3] In 1835, it was transferred to Dendroseris pinnata.^[2] In 2012, based on molecular phylogenetic evidence, it was shown that Dendroseris was embedded within the genus Sonchus, and all its species were transferred to that genus, placed in Sonchus subg. Dendroseris.^[4] As the combination Sonchus pinnatus had already been used for a different species, the replacement name Sonchus phoeniciformis was published.^[4][3]