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Taxonomic information
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
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)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
The species is widespread and occasional throughout the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2016), locally common in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011), although diminutive and restricted to relatively mesic, sheltered microhabitats, e.g. where shaded by rocks or other vegetation
Assessment details
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 within the north of the Hajar Mountains, south to the Al Munay'i area (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium; S. Gairola pers. comm. 2019), in addition to the Ru'us al-Jibal (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011). Globally, this species ranges from the Canary Islands to the Mediterranean basin, northeast tropical Africa and east to Pakistan and Transcaucasus (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The species grows within sheltered, relatively mesic montane habitats, including wadis, mountain plantations and rocky hillsides (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). Found in sheltered microhabitats, e.g. where shaded by rocks or other vegetation (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2020). It is an annual herb, and produces very small purple flowers between January and April (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range (Shahid 2017), as might be said of many edible species, and impacts are likely to be low.
Publication
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.
