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NRLD - 330419 | Indigofera articulata

Assessment ID
330419
Taxon name
Indigofera articulata
Gouan
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Indigofera articulata
Gouan
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
fabales
Family
fabaceae
Genus
Indigofera
Species
articulata
Species authority
Gouan
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)
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Although this species was previously assessed as Least Concern, there is no available information on the threats that this species faces, detailed information about its distribution or an indication of how common it is, in addition to general population status and trends. It is assessed as Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2019
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 occurs in Ras al-Khaimah, within Wadi Sal, Hatta and Masafi (UAE National Red List Workshop, 15th-19th September 2019, Dubai). Globally, this species occurs from the Sahara to Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is a perennial and can grow up to 0.6 m in height (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It produces flesh-coloured flowers with dark stripes in addition to constricted seed pods (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is also considered to be a xerohalophyte (desert-growing salt-tolerant species) that is often found growing at the top of rocky hills within sand desert (Böer and Saenger 2006).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
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.