Taxon name
Enneapogon desvauxii
P.Beauv.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Enneapogon desvauxii
P.Beauv.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
P.Beauv.
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
Least Concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
In the UAE, this species occurs in the mountainous parts of the UAE. Although the distribution is not well known, and only a few published records have been found, it occurs within at least one protected area and is likely to be under-represented in surveys. The impact of threats (grazing by livestock) requires further research, but it is thought to qualify as Least Concern.
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
In the UAE, this species occurs the mountainous parts of the UAE, in the vicinity of Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2014), the Hajar Mountains, and the Ru'us al-Jibal (Wadi Bih [Feulner 2011]; the actual record is from within Oman, but considered likely to also be present within the UAE). Feulner (2016) recorded a single dry specimen from gravel terrace above Wadi Ghayl in Wadi Wurayah. RBG Edinburgh Herbarium holds two specimens of this species, including one from the alluvial outwash of <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00358219"">Wadi Al Qawr and Wadi Hatta</a>. It is generally found at lower elevations (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019). G.R. Brown (pers. comm. 2020) observed large numbers of the species in Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah, and again in Al Ain, and considers it to also be common locally in the mountains. Al Meharibi et al. (2019) consider the species to be restricted to wadis on Jebel Hafeet. The species has an apparently global natural distribution according to Plants of the World online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018), which considers it to be native to large parts of Africa, temperate Asia to the Indian Subcontinent, and the Americas (west-central U.S.A. to Mexico, and from Peru to Argentina). It is introduced/naturalised to Hawai'i and the UK, and probably elsewhere. It is considered a weed by some references (e.g. Randall 2012).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is an annual plant species, resistant to adverse conditions, usually occurring in sandy and silty soils (Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock is likely to be the only widespread threat to this species, however, this is no information on the impact of this.
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.
