Taxon name
Senecio breviflorus
(Kadereit) Greuter
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Senecio breviflorus
(Kadereit) Greuter
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Kadereit) Greuter
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
The species is widespread in the eastern mountains of the UAE and is assessed 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 in the Hajar Mountains and their foothills (MEW 2010). Feulner (2014) found the species along the ridges and subsidiary ridges and the upper ravines and summit cliffs in the 'Olive Highlands' of the southern Hajar Mountain in the UAE. In the Ru'us al-Jibal, Feulner (2011) found the species at lower altitudes, although distribution in the UAE parts of the Ru'us al-Jibal, uncertain. The species has been reported from Wadi Wurayah National Park (Feulner 2014). R.A Western collected the species (as S. flavus subsp. breviflorus) from Jebel Hafeet (<a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00516385"">RBGE Herbarium, 1983</a>). Plants of the World online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019) gives the native range as the eastern Mediterranean (Syria to Egypt (Sinai)), omitting the Arabian Peninsula.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The species is found on gravel in wadis and on rocky slopes (Feulner 2011). It is late flowering (seen only in March; 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.
