Poa sinaica | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Poa sinaica | Steud.
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, the species has been recorded in Wadi Bih within the Ru'us al-Jibal (Böer and Chaudhary 1999, Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011); the elevation range requires confirmation. Feulner notes a second unconfirmed locality at high elevations of around 1,300 m (Feulner 2011). Globally, the species occurs in North Africa, Greece, Turkey, much of the Middle East, India and Central Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Poa sinaica is a perennial grass that can grow up to 65 cm in height (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018), found in a wadi in the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
Although this species has been reported from the Ru'us al-Jibal, little else is known about its threats, ecology and population. Therefore, it is currently assessed as 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
There is no information available.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Poa sinaica Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Poa