Centaurea pseudosinaica | Czerep.
SIS Taxon ID
150693407
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
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Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Centaurea pseudosinaica
Is SIS
On
Centaurea pseudosinaica | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Publication
Taxa
Centaurea pseudosinaica | Czerep.
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The species is found throughout the northern Emirates (MEW 2010), including Jebel Hafeet (Fawzi and Ksiksi 2007, Sakkir and Brown 2014) and Al Ain (Jongbloed et al. 2003), from at least the Taweela sands (Abu Dhabi Emirate; Brown et al. 2007) eastwards. The native range of this species is Iraq and southern Iran to the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
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
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is widespread in northern parts of the UAE. Whilst subpopulations will have undergone a significant decline as a result of coastal development, it is thought that the species still qualifies as Least Concern.
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 livestock may impact the species in parts of its range, and impacts from coastal development are likely to have been significant.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
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