Taxon name
Eclipta prostrata
(L.) L.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Eclipta prostrata
(L.) L.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(L.) L.
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is known form a small number of scattered locations in the eastern UAE, including the Ru'us al-Jibal. There is little information available on this species and, in addition, its origin in the country is uncertain. If native, Eclipta prostrata would most likely qualify for Least Concern. However, due to uncertainty, this species is considered Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is found at scattered locations in the eastern UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003), and from a single locality (an improved hillside spring adjacent to a small terraced plantation) in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). It has also been found at Wadi Al Ain in addition to being recorded from Abu Dhabi Island. The native distribution of this species is the Americas according to Barkley et al. (2006), Plants of the World Online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018) and GRIN (2019). However, CABI (2019) consider the species to be native to Asia.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This is an annual species which flowers from December to April. This species can be found in moist locations, wadi pools (MEW 2010) and plantations (Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Without detailed information on the distribution in the UAE, little can be said about threats.
Publication
Allen, D.J., Westrip, J.R.S., Puttick, A., Harding, K.A., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Ali, H. 2021. UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants. Technical Report. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates, Dubai.
