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NRLD - 330352 | Arnebia decumbens

Assessment ID
330352
Taxon name
Arnebia decumbens
(Vent.) Coss. & Kralik
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Arnebia decumbens
(Vent.) Coss. & Kralik
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
boraginales
Family
boraginaceae
Genus
Arnebia
Species
decumbens
Species authority
(Vent.) Coss. & Kralik
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
Although this species appears to have a restricted distribution within the UAE, it is currently not considered to be threatened and is described as locally common. It 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
Within the UAE, it has been recorded within the Ru'us al-Jibal (MEW 2010, Feulner 2011). Globally, the native range of this species encompasses northern Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, in addition to from south-eastern European Russia to Mongolia (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
It is an annual species which can grow up to 20 cm in height and has a woody tap root (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This plant has narrow, oblong leaves and yellow flowers which are present between February and April (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It can be found growing on low mountain slopes (Jongbloed et al. 2003) and is considered to be an important contributor to biomass within dune and stabilised sand environments (Ghazanfar and Fisher 1998).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
This species is currently not though to be threatened (MEW 2010).
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.