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NRLD - 330216 | Lindenbergia indica

Assessment ID
330216
Taxon name
Lindenbergia indica
(L.) Vatke
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lindenbergia indica
(L.) Vatke
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
lamiales
Family
orobanchaceae
Genus
Lindenbergia
Species
indica
Species authority
(L.) Vatke
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 moderately widespread in the north-eastern of the UAE and qualifies 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
In the UAE, the species occurs in the southern Hajar Mountains and on Jebel Hafeet (Jongbloed et al. 2003). The species is absent from the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). There is a single historical record of two plants from a tributary of mid-Wadi Zikt in the Wadi Wurayah National Park buffer zone (Feulner 2016). Gillet (2006) recorded the species from Wadi Khutwa near Al Ain, but it is uncertain if this record is from within the UAE. In the Arabian Peninsula, the species is known from Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Hjertson 1995), and the United Arab Emirates (Jongbloed et al. 2003). The global range of this species is from the eastern Mediterranean to through Egypt to north-east Africa, and through the Arabian Peninsula to Thailand (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
The species is found in wadis and on hillsides (MEW 2010). The typical locality is at base of gravel wadi walls (Feulner 2016). It is a perennial with a woody base that reaches up to 0.3 m in height (Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range.
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.