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Lathyrus Rotundifolius LC Taxonomic Authority: Willd Lathyrus rotundifolius LC Taxonomic Authority: Willd. Global Assessment Regional Assessment Region: Global Endemic to region Synonyms Common Names Lathyrus latifolius L. CHINA KRUGLOLISTNAY Russian Lathyrus miniatus Steven CHINA LITVINOVA Russian Lathyrus pedunculari Poir. PERSIAN EVERLASTING English ROUND-LEAF VETCHLIN English Upper Level Taxonomy Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: FABALES Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name: Plant Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority: General Information Distribution Species distributed in eastern Europe and western Asia. Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 2560 Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit: 30 Antarctic Map Status: Depth Australasian Upper limit: Neotropical Lower limit: Oceanian Depth Zones Palearctic Shallow photic Bathyl Hadal Indomalayan Photic Abyssal Nearctic Population The population size of this species is not known but recent surveys in 2009 suggest 30 plants from Georgia, in the middle of its range (MSBP). Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology Lathyrus rotundifolius is a perennial climbing herb which occurs in montane broad-leaved forests and their fringes, among shrubberies. It has been also reported from grey-brown silt in a volcanic area. System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative Terrestrial Freshwater Nomadic Congregatory/Dispersive Is the species a wild relative of a crop? Marine Migratory Altitudinally migrant Growth From Definition Forb or Herb Biennial or perennial herbacaeous plant, also termed a Hemicryptophyte Vines Vines, lianas and creepers Threats There are no known major threats to this species. Past Present Future 13 None Conservation Measures Seeds have been collected as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project, by the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) and by the US National Plant Germplasm System. It is known to occur in nine Botanical Gardens. In Place Needed 3 Research actions 3.5 Threats 3.9 Trends/Monitoring 5 Species-based actions 5.7 Ex situ conservation actions 5.7.2 Genome resource bank 5.8 Other Countries of Occurrence PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly Extinct Presence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Armenia Georgia Iran, Islamic Republic of Turkey Ukraine United States General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1 Suitable Unset 1.4 Forest - Temperate 1 Suitable Unset 3 Shrubland 1 Suitable Unset 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 1 Suitable Unset Species Utilisation Species is not utilised at all Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 1. Food - human 16. Other 2. Food - animal L. rotundifolia has been described as melliferous and it is also used as forage and for ornamental purposes. Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Unknown Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: Unknown CITES status: Not listed IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment: (using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC) Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct? Possibly Extinct Candidate? Rationale for the Red List Assessment L. rotundifolius is listed as Least Concern due to its wide distribution range. The population is believed to be stable at present. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment: Genuine Change Nongenuine Change No Change Genuine (recent) New information Taxonomy Same category Genuine (since first assessment) Knowledge of Criteria Criteria Revisio and criteria Incorrect data used Other Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 06/08/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Lopez, L. Evaluator(s): Notes: % population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals: Bibliography MSBP, 2010, Millennium Seed Bank Project. Seed Bank Database. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew., , , Smekalova, T.N., 2003-2009, Lathyrus rotundifolius Willd. - Round-leaved Pea. Project «Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries. Economic Plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds», , , USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, 2010, Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN)16 June, , National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, .
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