Taxon name
Leobordea platycarpa
(Viv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Leobordea platycarpa
(Viv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Viv.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.
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
Least Concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
Although this species may not be as common as others in the UAE, it is relatively widespread throughout the north of the country, in addition to persisting on off-shore islands. In addition, it can make use of both gravel and sand habitats and is known to occur within at least one protected area. It is assessed as Least Concern.
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
Within the UAE, this species is known to be widespread throughout the north of the country (MEW 2010). It has also been recorded from offshore islands of the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Sakkir et al. 2017). Globally, the native range of this species encompasses Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This is an annual herb species that has been recorded from sandy habitats and gravel wadis (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Brown et al. 2007, Mahmoud et al. 2018). Within sand dune environments, this species is considered to be an important contributor to biomass (Ghazanfar and Fisher 1998). Its stems can reach 25 cm in length, it has trifoliate leaves with rounded tips, cream-yellow flowers which are present between February and April, in addition to long brown seed pods (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is a crop wild relative of trefoil, Lotus sp. (Kameswara Rao 2013).
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.
