Galium setaceum | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Galium setaceum | Lam.
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
This species is widespread within the north of the Hajar Mountains, south to the Al Munay'i area (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium; S. Gairola pers. comm. 2019), in addition to the Ru'us al-Jibal (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011). Globally, this species ranges from the Canary Islands to the Mediterranean basin, northeast tropical Africa and east to Pakistan and Transcaucasus (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
The species grows within sheltered, relatively mesic montane habitats, including wadis, mountain plantations and rocky hillsides (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). Found in sheltered microhabitats, e.g. where shaded by rocks or other vegetation (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2020). It is an annual herb, and produces very small purple flowers between January and April (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
The species is widespread and occasional throughout the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2016), locally common in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011), although diminutive and restricted to relatively mesic, sheltered microhabitats, e.g. where shaded by rocks or other vegetation
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
Grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range (Shahid 2017), as might be said of many edible species, and impacts are likely to be low.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Galium setaceum Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Rubiaceae Galium