Taxon name
Orobanche aegyptiaca
Pers.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Orobanche aegyptiaca
Pers.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
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
This species is apparently known from a single record in the UAE, in Wadi Mowrid (Fujairah, northwest of Masafi; Feulner 2014), where it was found along a donkey track. Pagad et al. (2017) considered this species to be introduced to the UAE through agriculture, however, the UAE native plant working group (May 2019) considered the species to be native to the country. Confirmation of the origin, distribution and population status of this species in the UAE is needed, and it is currently considered to be 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
Jongbloed et al. (2003) presented a single record of this species, however that record is from Oman (Wilayat Mahdhah; Feulner 2014). Feulner (2014) recorded this species for the UAE from the Yas branch of Wadi Mowrid (Fujairah), northwest of Masafi, where it was found along a donkey track. Pagad et al. (2017) considered this species to be introduced to the UAE through agriculture, and it is listed as an introduced landscape plants by MoCCaE (O. Al Shamsi pers. comm. 2018), however the UAE native plant working group (May 2019) considered the species to be native. The native range of this species is from south-east Europe to Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and in Africa from the north through the Sahara (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018). Regionally, the only other records are from Saudi Arabia (Foley 2004). The species has been very widely introduced as a weed of agricultural crops.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Feulner (2014) found the species along a donkey track, over a low rocky abutment beside the main wadi.
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.
