Taxon name
Sisymbrium erysimoides
Desf.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Sisymbrium erysimoides
Desf.
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
This species is widespread in northeastern parts of the UAE. Whilst not a common species, populations are thought to be stable and the species qualifies as Least Concern.
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 through the Hajar Mountains in the eastern UAE, with additional records from Jebel Hafeet (Jongbloed et al. 2003), north to R'as al-Khaimah, where it is found on the alluvial plain (Western 1983). The species occurs within the 'Olive Highlands' of the southern Hajar Mountains (Feulner 2014), within Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP; Judas 2016), and occurs throughout the UAE part of the Ru'us al-Jibal to at least 1,600 m (Feulner 2011). The global range of this species is around much of the southern Mediterranean basin to the north-east and east of Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula to Iran and Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). The species has been widely introduced and naturalised.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This is an annual herb that grows to 0.5(-0.7) m in wadis and sheltered hillsides (G.R. Feulner, in lit, MEW 2010), plantations and gardens in shade (Jongbloed et al. 2003) and on slopes, within crops and in mesic microhabits (Feulner 2016).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
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.
