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NRLD - 330904 | Pterocephalus brevis

Assessment ID
330904
Taxon name
Pterocephalus brevis
Coult.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pterocephalus brevis
Coult.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
dipsacales
Family
caprifoliaceae
Genus
Pterocephalus
Species
brevis
Species authority
Coult.
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 just two separate collections from the area of Masafi in the Ru'us al-Jibal. Confirmation of the identity, current distribution, and population size and trend is required for this species, and it is considered Data Deficient at present.
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
Jongbloed et al. (2000) recorded this species from the Ru'us al-Jibal and the Masafi area, based (respectively) on specimens by A.R. Western (scree slope at 1,500 m asl; Sharjah Natural History Museum Herbarium, depicted in Feulner (2011) in Fig. 5.3.31) and B. Böer (UAE University Herbarium). The global distribution of this species is from Karpathos (Greece) to the eastern Mediterranean and Iran, and North Africa (Libya and Egypt) to the Arabian Peninsula (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
Pterocephalus brevis is found in the mountains to at least 1,500 m asl and on gravel plains (Jongbloed et al. 2000, Feulner 2011).
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.