Taxon name
Potamogeton schweinfurthii
A.Benn.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Potamogeton schweinfurthii
A.Benn.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
A.Benn.
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Potamogeton schweinfurthii is closely related to P. lucens and P. illinoensis.
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
There is little information available regarding the origin and distribution of this species within the UAE. As such, it is difficult to accurately assess this species, and it is therefore assessed as Data Deficient.
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 origin and distribution of this species in the UAE requires confirmation. The species is only listed, without details, in Jongbloed et al. (2003), while G.R. Feulner (in lit. MEW 2010) comments that the species is not found in natural wetland sites (e.g. wadi pools) in the UAE, only in dam reservoirs, scrapes, and in artificial ponds. Globally, this species is native to Africa, the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Whilst Plants of the World Online includes the UAE in the global distribution of the species, the current global assessment of this species excludes the UAE, only including Yemen within the Arabian Peninsula.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is a submerged, aquatic plant and can be found in shallow pools of fresh or mildly brackish water (Ghazanfar and Fisher 1998, MEW 2010). There is little other information available regarding its habitat and ecology in the UAE.
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.
