Lolium persicum | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Lolium persicum | Boiss. & Hohen.
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The species has been recorded from Al Ain (Dubai; Karim 1993) and from Al Dhaid (Sharjah) in the UAE. Globally, the native range of this species spans across Socotra, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey and on to China and the western Himalayas (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Although Plants of the World Online lists the UAE as a native country of occurrence for this species, there seems to be little available information on this plant within the UAE, and Kameswara Rao (2013) lists only Saudi Arabia for the Arabian Peninsula.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Lolium persicum is a crop wild relative of ryegrass, Lolium perenne (Kameswara Rao 2013). There is little other information available regarding this species within the UAE.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
Detailed information regarding this species within the UAE is lacking, despite records of this species in Al Ain and Sharjah. Therefore, this species is currently assessed as Data Deficient pending further research.
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
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:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Lolium persicum Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Lolium