Astragalus arpilobus | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Astragalus arpilobus | Kar. & Kir.
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, this species is found on inland sand dunes (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019). It has also been recorded (a single locality within a cultivated field) from the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). Jongbloed et al. (2003) shows (as the synonym Astragalus hauarensis Boiss.) a coastal distribution along the Arabian Gulf coast, however, this is incorrect (G. Brown pers. comm. 2019). This species has a very wide global distribution, from north-west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, north to south-east European Russia, and east to Pakistan and northwestern China (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This annual herb species grows in stable sand between low sand dunes, in addition to within wadi beds and on wadi banks (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Norton et al. 2009, MEW 2010, Mahmoud et al. 2018). Within this habitat, it is considered an important contributor to biomass (Ghazanfar and Fisher 1998). It has stems flat to the ground, which can reach up to 30 cm length, and leaves within flattened hairs (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Between February and April, mauve flowers are produced (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This species is a crop wild relative of Astragalus species, including the cicer milkvetch (Kameswara Rao 2013).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is considered to be common in the northern Emirates of the UAE, where it occurs widely among inland sand dunes. It is assessed as Least Concern.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Astragalus arpilobus Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Astragalus