Endangered Plants of the Middle East
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Acacia spp. (1) | Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Yemen |
| Akamas Centaury | Cyprus |
| Aloe spp. (3) | Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
| Amygdalus spp. (2) | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Andrachne schweinfurthii | Yemen |
| Angkalanthus oligophylla | Yemen |
| Anogeissus spp. (2) | Oman, Yemen |
| Aquilaria spp. (1) | Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Asplenium spp. (1) | China, Ecuador, Hawaii, St. Helena, Yemen |
| Barleria spp. (2) | Mauritius, Yemen |
| Begonia spp. (1) | Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Nigeria, Yemen |
| Betula spp. (3) | China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Virginia |
| Blepharis spp. (2) | Oman, Yemen |
| Blepharispermum hirtum | Oman, Yemen |
| Boscia arabica | Oman, Yemen |
| Boswellia spp. (8) | Ethiopia, Yemen |
| Bully Tree (1) | Belize, Cape Verde, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Yemen |
| Cadaba insularis | Yemen |
| Calligonum spp. (5) | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Casey's Larkspur | Cyprus |
| Cephalocroton socotranus | Yemen |
| Chapmannia spp. (4) | Yemen |
| Chlorophytum spp. (1) | Cameroon, Yemen |
| Chorisochora spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Clerodendrum spp. (2) | Cameroon, Cuba, Gabon, Yemen |
| Coelocarpum haggierensis | Yemen |
| Commiphora spp. (4) | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen |
| Crotalaria spp. (1) | Cameroon, Florida, Nigeria, Yemen |
| Cryptolepis spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Cucumber Tree | Yemen |
| Cyprus Cedar | Cyprus |
| Dichrostachys dehiscens | Yemen |
| Dipcadi kuriensis | Yemen |
| Dirachma spp. (1) | Somalia, Yemen |
| Dorstenia spp. (2) | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Yemen |
| Dragon Tree (3) | Cameroon, Cape Verde, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal (Madeira), Saudi Arabia, Spain (Canary Islands), Yemen |
| Duvaliandra dioscoridis | Yemen |
| Dyerophytum spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Echidnopsis spp. (5) | Yemen |
| Echiochilon pulvinata | Yemen |
| Erysimum kykkoticum | Cyprus |
| Erythroxylum spp. (1) | Cuba, Ecuador, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Jamaica, Malaysia, Peru, Sri Lanka, Yemen |
| Euclea spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Euphorbia spp. (9) | Ecuador, Ethiopia, Hawaii, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain, St. Helena, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
| Eureiandra balfourii | Yemen |
| Exacum spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Farsetia spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Flueggea spp. (1) | Ecuador, Hawaii, Turkey |
| Fraxinus spp. (1) | Afghanistan, Honduras |
| Gaillonia spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Graderia fruticosa | Yemen |
| Grewia spp. (3) | Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Yemen |
| Gymnocarpos spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Hawthorn Shrub (3) | Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan |
| Helichrysum spp. (6) | Cameroon, Malta, Yemen |
| Heliotropium spp. (7) | Ecuador, Yemen |
| Hemicrambe townsendii | Yemen |
| Hibiscus spp. (4) | Ecuador, Hawaii, Mauritius, Yemen |
| Holothrix socotrana | Yemen |
| Honeysuckle (1) | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Indigofera spp. (1) | Ethiopia, Yemen |
| Kalanchoe robusta | Yemen |
| Kashmir Elm | Afghanistan, Pakistan |
| Kleinia scotti | Yemen |
| Kraussia spp. (1) | Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen |
| Lachnocapsa spathulata | Yemen |
| Lannea transulta | Yemen |
| Launaea crepoides | Yemen |
| Ledebouria insularis | Yemen |
| Leucas spp. (4) | Yemen |
| Livistona spp. (1) | Australia (Queensland), Philippines, Solomon Islands, Yemen |
| Lotus mollis | Yemen |
| Malus spp. (2) | Afghanistan, China, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Marsdenia robusta | Yemen |
| Maytenus spp. (1) | Ecuador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Thailand, Virgin Islands (British and US), Yemen |
| Metaporana obtusa | Yemen |
| Milkwort (1) | Ecuador, Greece, Italy, United States (Florida), Yemen |
| Morris Squill | Cyprus |
| Nanorrhinum kuriense | Yemen |
| Nesocrambe socotrana | Yemen |
| Neuracanthus aculeatus | Yemen |
| Nirarathamnos asarifolius | Yemen |
| Nubian Desert Palm | Egypt |
| Oldenlandia ocellata | Yemen |
| Oreofraga morrisiana | Yemen |
| Ormocarpum spp. (1) | Cameroon, Gabon, Oman, Yemen |
| Orthosiphon ferrugineus | Yemen |
| Panicum spp. (1) | Ecuador, Hawaii, Yemen |
| Pelargonium insularis | Yemen |
| Piptant Karlikovyi | Kyrgyzstan |
| Pluchea obovata | Yemen |
| Polycarpaea spp. (3) | Yemen |
| Polygonum toktogulicum | Kyrgyzstan |
| Pomegranate Tree | Yemen |
| Populus spp. (1) | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (Mexico) |
| Portulaca spp. (3) | United States (Hawaii), Yemen |
| Prenanthes amabilis | Yemen |
| Prunus spp. (1) | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America |
| Psilotrichum aphyllum | Yemen |
| Pulicaria spp. (3) | Yemen |
| Pyrostria socotrana | Yemen |
| Pyrus spp. (4) | Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan |
| Rhamnella gilgitica | Pakistan |
| Rhus spp. (2) | Tajikistan, Tanzania, United States (GA, NC, SC, VA), Uzbekistan, Yemen |
| Ribes spp. (1) | Ecuador, Italy, Uzbekistan |
| Ruellia spp. (2) | Yemen |
| Rughidia milleri | Yemen |
| Rushfoil (2) | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Vietnam, Yemen |
| Sage (1) | Cyprus, Ecuador |
| Scaevola spp. (1) | Hawaii, Malaysia, Yemen |
| Secamone spp. (1) | Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Rwanda, Uganda, Yemen |
| Seddera spp. (3) | Yemen |
| Shrubby Buckwheat | Kyrgyzstan |
| Sibiraea tianschanica | Kyrgyzstan |
| Socotrella dolichocnema | Yemen |
| Spiniluma discolor | Yemen |
| Spiraeanthus schrenkianus | Kyrgyzstan |
| St. John's-wort (2) | Ecuador, Ethiopia, Florida, Yemen |
| Swida darvasica | Tajikistan |
| Taverniera sericophylla | Yemen |
| Tephrosia spp. (1) | South Africa, Yemen |
| Thamnosma socotrana | Yemen |
| Trichodesma scotti | Yemen |
| Troodos Rockcress | Cyprus |
| Turraea spp. (1) | Cote d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Yemen |
| Vernonia spp. (1) | Cameroon, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Yemen |
| Walnut | Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Water-willow (2) | Cameroon, Ecuador, Florida, Nigeria, Yemen |
| Wellstedia socotrana | Yemen |
| Wild Apricot | Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan |
| Zygophyllum spp. (2) | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
**What plants are listed here?:
The Middle East section of this site lists the folllowing plants appearing on select endangered species lists:- Plants that dwell in or migrate to any area considered apart of the Middle East.
- Plants that dwell in the Arabian Peninsula.
- Plants of Cyprus.
- Plants of Egypt, Israel or any other transcontinental (with Africa or Asia) area.
- Plants of the Mediterranean Sea and its islands.
- Plants of the Palearctic.
- Plants of Saudi Arabia.
Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total
count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more
information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.
