Morettia canescens | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Morettia canescens | Boiss.
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 has been recorded from the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003) but without locality, and no other references to the species in the UAE have been found in the literature. The draft Red Data Book for the UAE (MEW 2010) considers the record to be unconfirmed. Globally, the species occurs across northern Africa to the Sinai and the eastern Mediterranean, and south into Saudi Arabia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Abdel Khalik (2002) gives the distribution as Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Yemen, Israel, Chad and North Africa (Egypt to Morocco), excluding the UAE.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Morettia canescens is a perennial herb. Abdel Khalik (2002) gives the general habitat for this species as stony wadis and gravel plains. There is no more detailed information available for the UAE.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has been recorded from the UAE but without locality, and no other references to the species in the UAE have been found in the literature. Confirmation of the presence and distribution of the species in the UAE is required, and it is currently considered Data Deficient.
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
Without detailed information on the distribution in the UAE, little can be said about threats.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Morettia canescens Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Brassicales Brassicaceae Morettia