Potamogeton schweinfurthii | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Potamogeton schweinfurthii | A.Benn.
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
Taxonomic Notes
Potamogeton schweinfurthii is closely related to P. lucens and P. illinoensis.
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
The origin and distribution of this species in the UAE requires confirmation. The species is only listed, without details, in Jongbloed et al. (2003), while G.R. Feulner (in lit. MEW 2010) comments that the species is not found in natural wetland sites (e.g. wadi pools) in the UAE, only in dam reservoirs, scrapes, and in artificial ponds. Globally, this species is native to Africa, the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Whilst Plants of the World Online includes the UAE in the global distribution of the species, the current global assessment of this species excludes the UAE, only including Yemen within 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
This species is a submerged, aquatic plant and can be found in shallow pools of fresh or mildly brackish water (Ghazanfar and Fisher 1998, MEW 2010). There is little other information available regarding its habitat and ecology in 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
There is little information available regarding the origin and distribution of this species within the UAE. As such, it is difficult to accurately assess this species, and it is therefore assessed as Data Deficient.
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
Potamogeton schweinfurthii Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Alismatales Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton