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NRLD - 330180 | Poa sinaica

Assessment ID
330180
Taxon name
Poa sinaica
Steud.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Poa sinaica
Steud.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
liliopsida
Order
poales
Family
poaceae
Genus
Poa
Species
sinaica
Species authority
Steud.
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)
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

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.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2019
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
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).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
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).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
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.