Indigofera arabica | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Indigofera arabica | Jaub. & Spach
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
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, Indigofera arabica occurs within the plains to the west of the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Globally, this species is known from northeast tropical Africa, to the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Indigofera arabica is found growing on sand and gravel plains, mountains and within wadis (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010, Mahmoud et al. 2018). It is a perennial shrub species (Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012, Mahmoud et al. 2018) and a crop wild relative of Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria (Kameswara Rao 2010). The plant has woody stems and can grow up to 30 cm in height, producing small red flowers between February and June (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This species is characteristic of the habitat found at the top of jebels, and is thought to be a xerohalophyte (a desert based salt-tolerant plant; Böer and Saenger 2006).
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 has previously been assessed as Least Concern. Although there is little information available on the current threats and population trend, this species appears to be characteristic of its preferred habitats and locally common within these areas. As a result, 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
Indigofera arabica Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Indigofera