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Achyranthes aspera - UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is found widespread in several scattered locations throughout the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010). It is recorded from Abu Dhabi Emirate (Brown and Sakkir 2004). The species is globally distributed in the tropical and subtropical Old World and widely introduced in the Americas and in Europe (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018). The origin of the species is uncertain, and it is possibly native to Southeast Asia and/or Africa (BioNET-EAFRINET 2011, CABI 2019).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This is a perennial species that flowers from December to April. It can be found in plantations and moist disturbed areas (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010), in addition to oases. Across its range, it is common species of disturbed places, very variable, much-branched, 1-“6 ft. high, sometimes subscandent, sometimes woody (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018). This species is also known to be spread by livestock and other animals.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is found widespread in several scattered locations throughout the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010, Brown and Sakkir 2004), although the full distribution is not well known. It occurs in agricultural land and in plantations, and is unlikely to face significant threats, and is considered Least Concern. However, further research is required to confirm the origin of this species in the UAE given the types of habitat that this species occurs in, and the medicinal and other uses of the species, suggesting that it may have been introduced through cultivation. The indigenous distribution of the species is uncertain, and it is possibly native to Southeast Asia and/or Africa.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There are no major threats.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: