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NRLD - 330410 | Astragalus crenatus

Assessment ID
330410
Taxon name
Astragalus crenatus
Schult.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Astragalus crenatus
Schult.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
fabales
Family
fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus
Species
crenatus
Species authority
Schult.
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 appears to be quite widespread throughout the Hajar Mountains area; as such, it is assessed as Least Concern. However, this category may need revising if a detailed distribution reveals that the species is much more restricted than previously thought within this range.
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
Within the UAE, it is known to occur in the Ru'us al-Jibal and the southern Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011). Globally, the native range of this species spans from northern and northeast tropical Africa, through to the Arabian Peninsula and on to Pakistan (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 annual herb species can reach up to 30 cm in height (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Norton et al. 2009). It has notched leaflets on long stalks, pink/cream flowers between February and April and curved seed pods with a hooked tip (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is recorded as growing in cultivated fields and within damp habitats, in addition to gravel wadis and low to medium elevation mountain slopes (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010). This plant is a crop wild relative of the cicer milkvetch, Astragalus species (Kameswara Rao 2013).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
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.