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 family Asteraceae. It is a tree with droopy, elongated leaves and small yellow-white flowers. The plant was originally native to Continental 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]

References

"Dendroseris neriifolia - one of the rarest trees in the world". Wondermondo.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Dendroseris neriifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

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[1] "Dendroseris neriifolia - one of the rarest trees in the world". Wondermondo.

[2] World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Dendroseris neriifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 20 July 2007.