Glossonema varians | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Glossonema varians | (Stocks) Benth. ex Hook.f.
Publication
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment status criteria
D1
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is considered to be rare within its range and is often grazed to the point of visibly stunted growth. This may pose a significant threat to the species, however the full extent of this is still unclear. Although the species occurs in a National Park, it is important to draw attention to this potentially threatened and rare species. As a result, it is cautiously assessed as Vulnerable (D1) as a result of the small number of mature individuals, which is suspected to be close to or less than 1,000, but no reliable count has been made. It also has a restricted distribution (estimated EOO: 6,378 km<sup>2</sup>). The species occurs in adjacent parts of Oman and the seed is wind-dispersed, therefore the assessment is revised down by one category to Near Threatened.
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 is may be difficult to identify as the plant is often grazed to the point of a very stunted growth form (Western 1992) and fruits are consumed by people.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The situation is not thought to have changed for this species since 1996.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Glossonema varians | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Gentianales | Apocynaceae | Glossonema |