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NRLD - 330909 | Reseda aucheri

Assessment ID
330909
Taxon name
Reseda aucheri
Boiss.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Reseda aucheri
Boiss.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
brassicales
Family
resedaceae
Genus
Reseda
Species
aucheri
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 Hajar Mountains, occurs on some offshore islands, and has also been recorded from Jebel Hafeet. The status of populations on the offshore islands is uncertain, but the species is considered Least Concern overall.
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
This species is widespread in the Hajar Mountains and occurs on some offshore islands (Jongbloed et al. 2003), and has also been recorded from Jebel Hafeet where it was widely but sparsely distributed (Stuart and Stuart 1998), including Wadi Tarabat (Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012). Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium hold specimens from the central Hajar Mountains in the UAE, as well as single specimens from further north in R'as al-Khaimah and from Al Ain. Feulner recorded a species of Reseda from the upper part of Wadi Bih (low gravel terraces at c. 300 m asl; possibly in Oman) that may refer to R. aucheri (Feulner 2016). The species is native to native from the eastern Arabian Peninsula east to Iran and Turkmenistan (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 is an annual or perennial herb to 0.3 m in height that is found on gravel plains and in the mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range. Development is likely to have impacted the subpopulations on the offshore islands.
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.