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NRLD - 330968 | Strigosella africana

Assessment ID
330968
Taxon name
Strigosella africana
(L.) Botsch.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Strigosella africana
(L.) Botsch.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
brassicales
Family
brassicaceae
Genus
Strigosella
Species
africana
Species authority
(L.) Botsch.
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
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
This species is known from a small number of records from prior to 2000. Little is known of the species, and it is considered Data Deficient.
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
Few records of this species are known from the UAE. Jongbloed et al. (2003) provided records of this species (as Malcolmia africana) in Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah, and Jebel Hafeet. The only locality in the Ru'us al-Jibal known to G.R. Feulner (in litt, MEW 2010) is within Oman, rather than the UAE. The species is known from adjacent parts of Oman (Jebel Qiwi (Qawha); <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00384215"">RBGE Herbarium</a>: north slope of Jebel Qawah in the Ru'us al-Jibal; coll. R.A. Western, 1988). The global range of this species is around much of the Mediterranean region, through the Arabian Peninsula, and east to Central Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is an annual herb with stems densely covered with three-forked hairs, white-pinkish flowers and hairy yellow fruits (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is presumably found in mountainous areas.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Without detailed information on the distribution in the UAE, little can be said about threats.
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.