Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK

BOT-ERA

Shahina A Ghazanfar – Project LeaderJoanna Osborne (Botanist), Renata Borosova (Botanist), Emma Williams (MSB), Tivy Harvey (Pest Management), Steve Bachman (Red List Officer), Venessa Sutcliff (MSB), Robyn Cowan DNA/Jodrell, China Williams, Madeleine Groves (CBD)

BOT ERA Reinforcing Cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and ERA

Funded by EC Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). INCO.2011-6.2 INCO.2011-6.2 KBBE. Coordination and Support Action. (294416)

BOT-ERA

HRH Princess Basma Bint AliSabah Saifan, Tariq Abu Taleb and the staff of Royal Botanic Gardens Jordan for making each visit successful and joyful

Acknowledgements

BOT ERA Reinforcing Cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and ERA

Funded by EC Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). INCO.2011-6.2 INCO.2011-6.2 KBBE. Coordination and Support Action. (294416)

Task 2.1: Research Topic A: Plant and Seed Conservation

1. Training in herbarium techniques (including collecting in field)2. Training in IUCN Criteria and Red Listing of plant species

Training

Year 1

3. Field training in plant collecting, seed collection and taking samples for DNA

4. Training in seed collection and seed storage management5. Provide training in conservation genetics

6. Provide training in Access and Benefit sharing

Year 2

Year 3

Task 2.1.2. Prepare up-to-date checklist of the Flora of Jordan in collaboration with taxonomic/flora experts/plant genetic resources from Jordan (Activity 6.2.1)Task 2.1.3: Prepare up-to-date plants lists of selected nature reserves and conservation areas in Jordan

Herbarium techniques training course at Tell Ruman, RBG Jordan 13-17 May 2012

Training in IUCN Criteria and Red Listing of plant species25-29 November 2012

Field work and training5-14 April 2013, Dana Nature Reserve and around Ajloun Nature Reserve

Field training in plant collectionField training in seed collectionField training in taking samples for DNAWorkshop: Towards Effective Collection and Conservation of Wild Plants (11 April 2013)

Dana Nature ReservePhoto: S A Ghazanfar April 2013

Workshop at Tel Ruman. April 2013

Seed Banking and Seed Conservation TrainingJuly & August 2013

Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place, Kew

Conservation Genetics training at Jodrell Laboratory, Kew2-20 December 2013

Training on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), CDB and CITES4-6 November 2014

• BRAHMS database• APG III (2009) classification

Vascular Plants of Jordan

Accepted name/synonymFamilyGenusSpecies 1, rank 1, Sp 2, rank 2, sp. 3 rank 3Authority for each name and rankOriginal protologue citation

Vascular Plants of Jordan

Main Databases consulted:

PlantList: http://www.theplantlist.org/IPNI: http://ipni.org/TROPICOS: http://www.tropicos.org/World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do

Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Jordan

Towards the preparation of:

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Jordan

Allium desertorum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 72 (1775)Syn. Allium modestum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 33 (1854)Bulb geophyteHabitat: Hammada; steppeFloristic Region: Saharo-ArabianConservation Status: LCSpecimen: Joe Bloggs 123 (Herb.)Jordan to Egypt. 20 EGY 34 PAL SIN

Allium dictyoprasum C.A.Mey. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 390 (1843).Syn. Allium multiflorum var. violaceopurpureum K.Koch, Linnaea 22: 239 (1849); Allium viride Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 1: 201 (1928); Allium emarginatum Rech.f., Ark. Bot., n.s., 1: 505 (1952)Bulb geophyte.Habitat: Mediterranean; steppeFloristic Region: Irano-TuranianConservation Status: LCSpecimen: Joe Bloggs 456 (Herb.)Jordan to Egypt. 20 EGY 34 PAL SIN. E. Turkey to N Iran & N Saudi Arabia 32 TKM 33 TCS 34 IRN IRQ LBS PAL TUR 35 SAU

Photo: J Marta

Photo: J Marta

BOT ERA Reinforcing Cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan and ERA

Funded by EC Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). INCO.2011-6.2 INCO.2011-6.2 KBBE. Coordination and Support Action. (294416)

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