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NRLD - 330269 | Atractylis carduus

Assessment ID
330269
Taxon name
Atractylis carduus
C.Chr.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Atractylis carduus
C.Chr.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
asterales
Family
asteraceae
Genus
Atractylis
Species
carduus
Species authority
C.Chr.
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
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
This species is quite widespread within the UAE, in addition to being locally common within its preferred habitats. The species is assessed as Least Concern.
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
This species is a locally common and widespread in the north-west of the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It has also been recently recorded at Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2014). The global distribution of this species extends from the South and East Mediterranean to South Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is a perennial/annual herb and it flowers from February to April (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). It is found on sand and gravel plains, but also on limestone hills (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). The plant can grow to 15 cm in height, displaying grey-green, woolly leaves with spines in addition to cream solitary flowers (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is occasionally eaten by camels when other, preferred, vegetation is scare (Norton et al. 2009).
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.