Digitaria ciliaris | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Digitaria ciliaris | (Retz.) Koeler
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
This species is a gene pool tertiary relative of <em style=""font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing:0px"">Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf (Vincen et al., 2013)
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
It is known to be widespread in the northern and eastern parts of the UAE (MEW 2010). The origin of this species is unclear, although CABI (2019) consider it to have originated in Asia, it is now distributed throughout the tropics and sub-tropics of both hemispheres. Plants of the World Online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019) consider the species to be native to Africa and Asia but introduced elsewhere; they list the UAE as a native country of occurrence for this species.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is known to grow within sandy and gravelly locations, in addition to plantations and roadsides (MEW 2010).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is generally considered to be widespread within the north and east of the UAE, in addition to being described as common. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Digitaria ciliaris Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Digitaria