Taxon name
Centaurium pulchellum
(Sw.) Druce
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Centaurium pulchellum
(Sw.) Druce
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Sw.) Druce
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
Norton et al. (2009) state that this species has been introduced to the UAE, and the habitat is given as along irrigation channels in plantations and in wadis. The species is assessed as Data Deficient because of the uncertainty over the origin of the species in the country. Confirmation of the distribution and population status of this species is needed.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The species is described as widespread within the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003) and occurs to at least c. 1,525 m in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). However, this species is considered to be introduced to the UAE (Norton et al. 2009). Globally, it occurs across Europe and western Russia, the Sahara, the Mediterranean region, the Arabian Peninsula, and east to Pakistan and western India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). GRIN (2019) excludes the Arabian Peninsula from the native distribution.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This diminutive species is found growing along irrigation channels in plantations and in or along wadis (Jongbloed et al. 2003). An annual herb, it produces pink trumpet shaped flowers with yellow stamens between February and May (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Norton et al. 2009). Centaurium pulchellum is considered a weed in Arabia (Norton et al. 2009).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Publication
Allen, D.J., Westrip, J.R.S., Puttick, A., Harding, K.A., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Ali, H. 2021. UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants. Technical Report. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates, Dubai.
