| Sonchus brassicifolius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Sonchus |
| Subgenus: | Sonchus subg. Dendroseris |
| Species: | S. brassicifolius
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| Binomial name | |
| Sonchus brassicifolius S.C.Kim & Mejías
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Sonchus brassicifolius, synonym Dendroseris litoralis, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae.[2] It is a small evergreen tree species known as the cabbage tree. It is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands,[2] which lie in the southeast Pacific, off the west coast of Chile. It is native only to the tiny, volcanic Robinson Crusoe Island, home of the famed Juania australis and many other endemic plants. The species is threatened by habitat loss and has been brought back from the brink of extinction. It had been reduced to only a few individuals by feral goats on the island, and is still considered critically endangered.[1]
- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dendroseris litoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30456A9551517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30456A9551517.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sonchus brassicifolius S.C.Kim & Mejías". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 April 2023.