Pterocephalus brevis | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Pterocephalus brevis | Coult.
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
Jongbloed et al. (2000) recorded this species from the Ru'us al-Jibal and the Masafi area, based (respectively) on specimens by A.R. Western (scree slope at 1,500 m asl; Sharjah Natural History Museum Herbarium, depicted in Feulner (2011) in Fig. 5.3.31) and B. Böer (UAE University Herbarium). The global distribution of this species is from Karpathos (Greece) to the eastern Mediterranean and Iran, and North Africa (Libya and Egypt) to the Arabian Peninsula (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
Pterocephalus brevis is found in the mountains to at least 1,500 m asl and on gravel plains (Jongbloed et al. 2000, Feulner 2011).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is known from just two separate collections from the area of Masafi in the Ru'us al-Jibal. Confirmation of the identity, current distribution, and population size and trend is required for this species, and it is considered Data Deficient at present.
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
Pterocephalus brevis Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Pterocephalus