Verbascum akdarense | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Verbascum akdarense | (Murb.) Hub.-Mor.
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
Taxonomic Notes
The species name is sometimes miss-spelt as 'akhdarense'.
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is recorded for the UAE by the draft Red Data Book (MEW 2010), however no distribution data has been found. G.R. Feulner has not recorded the species for the UAE (pers. comm. 2019). This species has been considered to be restricted to the mountain areas in northern Oman, where it is found in the Western and Eastern Hajar Mountains (Huber-Morath 1984, Patzelt 2014), however, according to S. Ghazanfar (pers. comm. 2019), the species is found in northern Oman, on the mountains, on rocky slopes and mountain sides, amongst rocks, and in crevices, from 400 to 1,800 m elevation, and extends into the UAE.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
Confirmation of the presence of this species in the UAE is needed, and it is considered to be 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
Verbascum akdarense Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Scrophulariaceae Verbascum