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NRLD - 330396 | Morettia parviflora

Assessment ID
330396
Taxon name
Morettia parviflora
Boiss.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Morettia parviflora
Boiss.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
brassicales
Family
brassicaceae
Genus
Morettia
Species
parviflora
Species authority
Boiss.
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 widespread in the north-east of the UAE and it qualifies 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
In the UAE, this species is widespread in the Hajar Mountains and also occurs on Jebel Hafeet (RGBE Herbarium (<a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00377490"">lower slopes, coll. R.A. Western, 1982</a>), Jongbloed et al. 2003, Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012). The species occurs rarely in the Ru'us al-Jibal to c. 600 m (Feulner 2011) and in the Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP; Feulner 2016). The global range of this species is from Israel and Palestine in the eastern Mediterranean and through 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
A perennial herb with a woody base, that is found primarily in wadis on a gravelly substrates (Feulner 2016), as well as on sand and along roadsides (Jongbloed et al. 2003). The species is common on wadi banks in Hajar Mountains (Feulner 2011).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range.
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.