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NRLD - 330915 | Salsola drummondii

Assessment ID
330915
Taxon name
Salsola drummondii
Ulbr.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Salsola drummondii
Ulbr.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
caryophyllales
Family
amaranthaceae
Genus
Salsola
Species
drummondii
Species authority
Ulbr.
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
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
This species is quite widespread across the UAE coastline and is generally considered to be locally common within this area. It is assessed as Least Concern.
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 is widespread along the coastline, occurring from north of Dubai to Sila'a (Brown et al. 2007, G. Brown pers. comm. 2019), including Khalifa City, close to Abu Dhabi (Perry 2008). It also extends further northeast, and with records from Khor Kalba (Sharjah Seed Bank and Herbarium pers. comm. 2019) on the east coast. It is also known from offshore islands, including Marawah and Salaha island (S. Sakkir pers. comm. 2019). This species is native to the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This perennial shrub species is known to grow generally in saline conditions, in addition to coastal white sands and silt-sand substrates (Brown et al. 2007, Norton et al. 2009, MEW 2010, G. Brown pers. comm. 2019). It is also recorded as being associated with salt marshes (Sakkir et al. 2017). The plant an grow up to 70 cm in height, has succulent club-shaped leaves and yellow-pink flowers which are present between October and Decembr (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is a crop wild relative of saltwort, Salsola verniculata (Kameswara Rao 2013).
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.