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NRLD - 330246 | Lolium persicum

Assessment ID
330246
Taxon name
Lolium persicum
Boiss. & Hohen.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lolium persicum
Boiss. & Hohen.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
liliopsida
Order
poales
Family
poaceae
Genus
Lolium
Species
persicum
Species authority
Boiss. & Hohen.
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
Detailed information regarding this species within the UAE is lacking, despite records of this species in Al Ain and Sharjah. Therefore, this species is currently assessed as Data Deficient pending further research.
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
The species has been recorded from Al Ain (Dubai; Karim 1993) and from Al Dhaid (Sharjah) in the UAE. Globally, the native range of this species spans across Socotra, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey and on to China and the western Himalayas (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Although Plants of the World Online lists the UAE as a native country of occurrence for this species, there seems to be little available information on this plant within the UAE, and Kameswara Rao (2013) lists only Saudi Arabia for the Arabian Peninsula.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Lolium persicum is a crop wild relative of ryegrass, Lolium perenne (Kameswara Rao 2013). There is little other information available regarding this species within the UAE.
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.