Dendroseris neriifolia

Dendroseris neriifolia
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Dendroseris
Species: D. neriifolia
Binomial name
Dendroseris neriifolia
(Dcne.) H. & A.

Dendroseris neriifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is a tree with droopy, elongated leaves and small yellow-white flowers. The plant was originally native to Chile but is now found only on Robinson Crusoe Island. The plant is endangered and very rare: only two specimens are known to exist in a ravine in the eastern part of the island, although there exist other human-cultivated specimens.[1] It is classified as critically endangered by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.[2] It is said that there is only one plant left in the wild.[3]

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