Malva parviflora | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Malva parviflora | L.
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
Despite being potentially threatened by grazing and having multiple uses, this plant is widespread throughout the majority of the UAE and is common across the country. It is able to persist in disturbed environments and can exist up to 1600 m in altitude. It is therefore 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
Grazing by goats may threaten this species in parts of its range (Karim and Dakheel 2006, Shahid 2017).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malva parviflora | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Malvales | Malvaceae | Malva |