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NRLD - 330886 | Lotus garcinii

Assessment ID
330886
Taxon name
Lotus garcinii
Ser.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lotus garcinii
Ser.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
fabales
Family
fabaceae
Genus
Lotus
Species
garcinii
Species authority
Ser.
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 occurs across the UAE in scattered localities such as coastal areas and offshore islands. It is considered to be locally common within these areas, therefore, 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, this species generally occurs at rocky headlands along the Arabian Gulf coast (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It has also been recorded from offshore islands of the UAE (Sakkir et al. 2017). Globally, this species is native to Somalia and Socotra, in addition to 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
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This perennial shrublet species is known to grow within saline soils and sand (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Brown et al. 2007, Mahmoud et al. 2018). It is also described from rocky headland habitats (Qureshi 2017). The stems can reach up to 30 cm in length, the leaves have a fan shape and the solitary pink flowers can be seen between December and June (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is a crop wild relative of trefoil and other Lotus species (Kameswara Rao 2013).
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.