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Negev Alkanet
Hormuzakia negevensis

6.3 Critically endangered

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

Avinoam Danin discovered Anchusa negevensis (and described it as a new species to science) in the early 1990s, at
a single site at the edge of
the Yamin Plain, in the northern Negev. Despite
numerous search efforts the species was not found in any other sites in the
area.

Moderate
slopes of worn sandstone, subject to a regime of strong winds together with Calligonum
comosum
, Anabasis articulata and Haloxylon salicornicum.

Anchusa
negevensis
is a species endemic to Israel that grows in only one
region at a single site at the edge of
Yamin
Plain in the Negev, in a unique habitat of desert sandstone, hence the great
importance of its preservation. The population size is estimated at about 200.
The threat to the populations may come from incidental earthworks that can
destroy an entire population.
A. negevensis is not protected in a declared
nature reserve. 

Precise surveys should be conducted in the Yamin-Rotem plains in order to locate additional
populations. The
Yamin Plain area, in which the A. negevensis population grows, should be marked, fenced and
signposted.

Anchusa negevensis is endemic to
Israel. Only one population of the plant has been found so far in the
Yamin Plain
sands
.

Anchusa
negevensis
is a perennial
herb of the inner desert sands in the Negev, which grows on a single site in
the in Yamin Plain. It is endemic to Israel. Its small population size and the
restricted area which it occupies expose it to a real threat of extinction.

 

Danin, A. 1995. A new Anchusa from Israel. Edinb. J. Bot. 52: 333-336.

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

FamilyBoraginaceae
ClassificationOn the endangered species list
EcosystemDesert
ChorotypeSaharo - Arabian
Conservation SiteYamin Plain

Rarity
1
5
6
Vulnerability
0
1
4
Attractiveness
0
1
4
Endemism
0
4
4
Red number
1
6.3
10
Peripherality 0
IUCN category DD EW EX LC CR EN VU NT
Threat Definition according to the red book Critically endangered
1 (1) districts
Disjunctiveness: 0
0.0% of protected sites

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