Sonchus phoeniciformis

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.

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]

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]

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dendroseris pinnata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T34172A9847426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34172A9847426.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Sonchus phoeniciformis S.C.Kim & Mejías". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
3. "Sonchus phoeniciformis S.C.Kim & Mejías". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
4. Mejías, José A. & Kim, Seung-Chul (2012). "Taxonomic Treatment of Cichorieae (Asteraceae) Endemic to the Juan Fernández and Desventuradas Islands (SE Pacific)" (PDF). Annales Botanici Fennici. 49 (3): 171–178. doi:10.5735/085.049.0303. S2CID 84200128. Retrieved 2023-04-12.