Echiochilon jugatum | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Echiochilon jugatum | I.M.Johnst.
Publication
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
B1ab(iii,iv,v)
Assessment rationale/justification
In the UAE, this species is found along the Arabian Gulf coast. The estimated EOO of this species is 779 km<sup>2</sup> and is estimated to occur at three threat-based locations. Echiochilon jugatum is undergoing a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat due to ongoing coastal development in the UAE. For example, the Taweela subpopulation of this species has now been lost due to the construction of an aluminium plant. Therefore, it is assessed as Endangered.
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 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.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
This species has been impacted by continuing coastal development in the UAE. For example, the subpopulation previously found at Taweela has now been lost due to construction of an aluminium plant (G. Brown pers. comm. 2019).
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Coastal development within the UAE has been increasing in frequency and intensity since 1996, reducing the extent and quality of available habitat for this species.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Echiochilon jugatum | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Boraginales | Boraginaceae | Echiochilon |