Taxon name
Stipagrostis uniplumis
(Licht.) De Winter
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Stipagrostis uniplumis
(Licht.) De Winter
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Licht.) De Winter
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
This species is considered to be common in the UAE and is known to occur in at least one protected area. However, potential threats may arise from ongoing forestation and levelling of areas where it is found, in addition to roads being built and horse-riding occurring in the area. As a result, it may require a reassessment once research has been conducted into the threats to this species. For now, it is assessed as Least Concern as the majority of the range appears to be contained within a protected area.
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 is known from the northern Marmoum (G.M. Brown pers. obs., G.R. Feulner pers. comm. 2018). Globally, the native range of this species spans across dry areas of Africa to Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This perennial species is densely caespitose (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008). It has convolute leaves which can reach up to 20 cm in length (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008). Stipagrostis uniplumis is thought to prefer dry and arid conditions (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008) and is known to grow in some urban areas which have been converted from desert.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is little available information on the threats to this species. However, it has been suggested that levelling and forestation of its habitat, in addition to road construction and horse-riding activities may negatively impact this species. It is not yet known if these pose a major threat to Stipagrostis uniplumis.
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.
