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Papillous Garlic
Allium papillare

4.2 Endangered

Update Time: Jan. 1, 2011, 7:39 a.m.

Allium papillare grows in only one
region – the western Negev, where it is found on five sites that were
documented with certainty, although apparently there are a total of six sites.
It is found in the region of
Kerem
Shalom, along the Rafiah-Nitsana
highway, in Sde Halamish and on the Revivim-Tse'elim highway. It is extinct
from the area of Gvulot-Nirim, from where Zohari and Orshan collected it in
1954.

Sand-loess flats
dominated by shrub and dwarf shrub associations of desert sands.

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The distribution of Allium papillare is limited to
a few sites on sandy – loess areas in the western Negev. Most of the observations
are updated only up to the mid-1990s and there is no clear information on
change trends in the number of sites.

·        
The populations usually number single to tens of plants.

·        
The conversion of sandy areas to agricultural use south of
Kerem Shalom and military operations have reduced the habitat of the species
and could result in a decrease of populations. The small size of the
populations are also a threat factor.

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The plant is not protected in declared nature reserves.

·        
A. papillare grows only in Israel and Egypt, but is
not included in the list of endangered plant species of Egypt.

New surveys should
be conducted in sandy-loess areas in the western Negev, particularly in the
areas south of Kerem Shalom towards the Halutsa Sands and in the area of Tse'elim-Gvulot-Revivim.
A nature reserve should be declared in this unique habitat or at least local
conservation sites should be established in
A. papillare
habitats. Backup populations should be cultivated immediately in refuge
gardens. 

Allium papillare is a narrowly distributed
species that grows only in southern Israel and Egypt (the sandy coastal plain
of Northern Sinai and northern Egypt in Africa).

Allium papillare
is a short geophyte of loess-sand in the western Negev. It is very rare and
endemic to Israel, Sinai and sandy areas in northern Egypt. Its habitat is
endangered by agricultural development and military activities.

 

קולמן, פ. 1985. הסוג שום בישראל. רתם 15: 34.
Gregory, M., Fritsch, R., Friesen, N.WE, Furkat, O., Khassanov, O. & McNeal, W. 1998. Nomenclator Alliuorum. Kew.

name of participantsBased on: "The Red Book of Israeli Plants - Threatened Plants in Israel" by Prof. Avi Shmida, Dr. Gadi Pollack and Dr. Ori Fragman-Sapir

Current Occupancy Map

Current occupancy map for observations per pixel
1000 squre meter pixel 5000 squre meter pixel 10000 squre meter pixel
number of observations 0 0 0
in total pixels 0 0 0

FamilyLiliaceae
ClassificationOn the endangered species list
EcosystemDesert
ChorotypeEastern Saharo - Arab
Conservation Site"Steel Division" Memorial near Kerem Shalom

Rarity
1
2
6
Vulnerability
0
3
4
Attractiveness
0
0
4
Endemism
0
2
4
Red number
1
4.2
10
Peripherality E
IUCN category DD EW EX LC CR EN VU NT
Threat Definition according to the red book Endangered
1 (1) districts
Disjunctiveness: 0
0.0% of protected sites

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