Volutaria sinaica | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Volutaria sinaica | (DC.) Wagenitz
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
Although a wider distribution through the Hajar Mountains is given by Jongbloed et al. (2003), there is little information recorded for this species, aside from an observation of the plant at a single locality within the Olive Highlands where fewer than 50 individuals were seen. As a result, it qualifies as Critically Endangered. It is known from two other sites in Wilayat Mahdhah, part of Oman, at lower elevations within steep mountain wadis. The species was first recorded at the known UAE site in 2014, meaning it is possible that the species is the result of natural introduction (potentially through wind dispersal) from Oman. As such, the potential for future colonisation is considered to be high and a regional adjustment of one category is applied, making the final category Endangered.
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 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.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
There are no known threats.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The species was first recorded for the UAE in 2014, however occurrence on a similar basis in 1996 is likely and is considered to have also been EN(D) at that time.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Volutaria sinaica | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Asterales | Asteraceae | Volutaria |