Taxon name
Tephrosia nubica
(Boiss.) Baker
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Tephrosia nubica
(Boiss.) Baker
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Boiss.) Baker
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
The species was previously known from a small number of confirmed records in the eastern UAE, from the southern Hajar Mountains. However, the species appears to be expanding its range northwards, perhaps partly due to its apparent ability to colonise silt behind dams (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019). It has been recently confirmed from Tennis Club Dam, Fujairah (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019) and from disturbed areas in Wadi Hala, southeast of Shawkah (D. Aplin pers. comm. 2019, i.d. G.R. Feulner), and the species is assessed 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
Within the UAE, this species was known from the southern Hajar Mountains and from near Al Ain (Jongbloed et al. 2003, G.R. Feulner in litt. MEW 2010), in addition to Jebel Hafeet (Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012), although it appears that many of these literature locality records occur in Oman rather than in the UAE (G.R. Feulner in litt. MEW 2010); in support of this, most of the localities shown in Jongbloed et al. (2003) for the species occur within Oman rather than the UAE). EAD (S. Sakkir pers. comm. 2019) hold records from several areas on Jebel Hafeet, including Wadi Tarabat. However, the species appears to be expanding its range northwards, perhaps partly due to its apparent ability to colonise silt behind dams (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019). In recent years it has been confirmed from the outskirts of Fujairah city (G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2019), from southeast of Shawka, just off the Sharjah-Kalba Road (D. Aplin pers. comm. 2019, i.d. G.R. Feulner) and from Wadi Shawka, Wadi Ham, Al-Qowr, Al Munay, Hatta and Masfut (Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium; S. Gairola pers. comm. 2019). Globally, this species occurs from the Sahara to Kenya and on to the Arabian Peninsula (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 shrublet species is known to grow within gravel plain and wadi environments (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Karim and Dakheel 2006, Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012, Mahmoud et al. 2018). It can reach 1.25 m in height and has pointed tip leaves, in addition to pale-pink flowers (present from January to May) and a brown, hairy, kidney shaped seed pod (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Karim and Dakheel 2006).
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.
