Taxon name
Brachiaria eruciformis
(Sm.) Griseb.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Brachiaria eruciformis
(Sm.) Griseb.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Sm.) Griseb.
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
The species is placed as Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp by Euro+Med Plantbase (Valdés and Scholz 2009) and by Plants of the World Online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2020).
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
Although this species has been recorded occasionally, there is little information available on the current population status and trend, in addition to potential threats. Therefore, it is currently assessed as 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 has been recorded a few times in the UAE in sandy habitats (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010). Specifically, it is known from Masafi and Dibba, however without precise locality data Globally, Brachiaria eruciformis extends from Mediterranean Europe east through the Caucasus and Middle East to China. It occurs throughout much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australia as well as the Caribbean and southern South America (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). In India it occurs in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Kumar 2011).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is an annual species which occurs in sandy habitats in the UAE (MEW 2010, Kumar 2011). Globally, the species is a common weed in cultivated fields, which sometimes grows in roadsides, damp places, ditches, waste places and is also a weed of coffee plantations (Kumar 2011).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
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.
