Trichodesma africanum | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Trichodesma africanum | (L.) Sm.
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
In the UAE, this species is reported from the Hajar Mountains and adjacent foothills and gravel plains (MEW 2010) and Wadi Al Ain (Mousa and Fawzi 2009), however there are few precise locality data and the species was not specifically recognised by Jongbloed et al. (2003). There are a small number of records from the southern Hajar Mountains near Al Wa'ab, and from Al Ain (Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium, RBG Kew seed survey data. RBG Edinburgh hold a number of records of this species, all of which have later been redetermined as T. enetotrichium. The global range of this species is across northern and Central Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, and east to India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The species is found in dry, gravelly wadi beds, plantations, foothills and associated gravel plains (MEW 2010).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
The distribution of this species in the UAE is not well known, and there has been taxonomic uncertainty. The few available records are from the Hajar Mountains and adjacent foothills and gravel plains (MEW 2010) and Wadi Al Ain (Mousa and Fawzi 2009), however there are few precise locality data and the species was not specifically recognised by Jongbloed et al. (2003). There are no data on population size or trend, and it is considered Data Deficient.
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
Without detailed information on the distribution in the UAE, little can be said about threats. However, it is likely that grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Trichodesma africanum
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Boraginales
Boraginaceae
Trichodesma
