Rumex limoniastrum | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Rumex limoniastrum | Jaub. & Spach
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is near-endemic to the UAE, with a global distribution restricted to the Hajar Mountain chain in the UAE and Oman. In the UAE, it is found in the Hajar Mountains, where it is known from four locations. Two specimens are known from the Wadi Wurayah National park (WWNP) area: a historical record from the upper Wadi Siji in the WWNP buffer zone, and one from the upper Wadi Zikt (Feulner 2016). <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00181462"">RBGE Herbarium</a> hold one specimen from five kilometers southeast of Masafi, below Jebel Masafi. A further record is known from Wadi Hatta and Jebel Hatta. Both the EOO (<100 km<sup>2</sup>) and the AOO (<100 km<sup>2</sup>) are highly restricted. Grazing by livestock and feral animals (donkeys, goats) is likely to impact the species and its habitat, and the number of mature individuals is suspected to be fewer than 1,000. The species is assessed as Endangered (EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) as a result of its restricted extent of occurrence (AOO) and area of occupancy (AOO). No rescue effect is applied.
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
Near_endemic
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Near_endemic
Endemism specifics: This species is near-endemic to the UAE
Endemism specifics: This species is near-endemic to the UAE
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock and feral animals (donkeys, goats) is likely to impact the species and its habitat.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The same situation is assumed.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Rumex limoniastrum | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Caryophyllales | Polygonaceae | Rumex |