Glinus lotoides | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is recently reported for the UAE, with records from Fujairah (Wadi Ham dam), Ras Al Khaimah (Wadi Al Qowr dam, Wadi Al Mansab dam, Wadi Al Mudaynah dam, Wadi Shawkah dam, Wadi Al Qasheesh dam, and Wadi Sfini dam) (Mahmoud et al. 2016). The native range is of this species is given as tropical and subtropical Old World by Plants of the World Online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). Mahmoud et al. (2016) give the native range as Eurasia and Africa, stating that the species has become widespread in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas worldwide (El-Hamidi et al. 1967). Regionally, it has been recorded in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and Socotra, as well as the UAE (Mahmoud et al. 2016).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
In the UAE, the species was found growing in occasionally inundated areas in wet clay soils in the front of dams and 'water breakers' (Mahmoud et al. 2016). It grows as a prostrate to spreading annual or short-lived perennial, up to 0.5 m high (Mahmoud et al. 2016). The native habitat includes temporary pools with clay bottoms and the beds of temporary rivers, canal banks, and moist ground where soils are inundated in winter and dry up in early summer (El-Hamidi et al. 1967).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is a recent record for the UAE, where it has been found from a number of anthropogenic dam sites (Mahmoud et al. 2016), almost all of them created since the late 1990s. The species might occur naturally in the UAE, as either a recent introduction (e.g., carried by wetland birds) or have been present but not previously identified, and it is possible that the species population and range has expanded in recent years with the increase in available habitat. The origin and distribution of this species in the UAE requires confirmation, and it is therefore assessed as Data Deficient pending this.
About the assessment
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
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
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Glinus lotoides
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Molluginaceae
Glinus
