Sonchus phoeniciformis
Species of flowering plant
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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 | |
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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] | |
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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]
