Bromus pectinatus | Thunb.

SIS Taxon ID
151415503
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Scientific Name
Bromus pectinatus
Authority
Thunb.
Is SIS
On

Bromus pectinatus | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This perennial grass species can reach up to 80 cm in height (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2014, El-Keblawy et al. 2016). It has coarse, narrow leaves and flower spikelets (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2014). This plant grows within sandy habitats according to MEW (2010), however this requires confirmation.
Taxon
Taxa
Bromus pectinatus | Thunb.
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, this species has been recorded from just below the summit of Jebel Al-Iyeli (c.1,000 m elevation) and from Wadi Helo (Feulner 2014, El-Keblawy et al. 2016), two nearby localities in the Olive Highlands. The global range of this species is Sahara to Kenya, Madagascar according to Plants of the World online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019), whilst Naderi and Rahiminejad (2015) give the distribution as South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Morocco and Yemen. However, Plants of the World Online does not list the UAE as a native country of occurrence of this species.
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
About the assessment
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
Although this species has been recorded from two specific localities within the UAE, detailed data on its distribution in the country is required. For now, it is assessed as Data Deficient.
Criteria system
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.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Verified entry
Off