Taxon name
Ducrosia anethifolia
(DC.) Boiss.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Ducrosia anethifolia
(DC.) Boiss.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(DC.) Boiss.
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
Within the UAE this species is known from scattered localities in the Hajar Mountains, the Ru'us al-Jibal (although the distribution there is not well known), and from the Ain Ain area. Feulner (2016) observes that the species may be restricted to areas of carbonate bedrock, which is scarce in the UAE, and includes parts of the Ru'us al-Jibal, Jebel Faya (Sharjah Emirate), and Jebel Hafeet. As such, it is likely that the species has a naturally restricted distribution in the UAE. The species is considered Least Concern as, while it has a restricted distribution in the UAE, the threat from grazing/browsing is not thought likely to be significant.
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
Within the UAE this species is known from scattered localities in the Hajar Mountains, the Ru'us al-Jibal, and from the Ain Ain area (<a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00648772"">RBGE coll. J.R. Edmonson, 1980</a>; Jongbloed et al. 2003). Localities include Jebel Hafeet (<a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00648768"">RBGE coll. R. Western, 1982</a>, <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00648767"">RBGE coll. J.N.B Brown, 1983</a>) (including Wadi Tarabat; Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012). In the Ru'us al-Jibal, the species is found at scattered localities from 250 to 1,550 m asl in the central and southern parts of the mountains (Feulner 2011). The native native range of this species is from the eastern Mediterranean, through the Arabian Peninsula, to Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This perennial herb (up to 0.2 m in height) is found on gravel or sandy plains and among rocks on hillsides (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Feulner (2016) suggests that the species distribution may be restricted to carbonate rocks.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock or feral animals may impact the species, but there is no information on the scope or scale 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.
