Medicago laciniata | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Medicago laciniata | (L.) Mill.
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species occurs throughout the Hajar Mountains and the Ru'us al-Jibal, in addition to scattered localities around the UAE. It has also been recently described from Jebel Hafeet. It is generally considered to be common within the country and is known to occur in at least one protected area. Although grazing may have an impact on this species, it is not currently known whether this poses a major threat, as the structure of the plant's seed pod may deter grazers. As a result, it is assessed as Least Concern.
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
This species may be affected by grazing of goats within areas of its range (Norton et al. 2009, Shahid 2017). However, the bristly fruit of this species may provide a slight deterrent to potential browsers (Norton et al. 2009).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Medicago laciniata | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Fabales | Fabaceae | Medicago |