Taxon name
Digitaria ciliaris
(Retz.) Koeler
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Digitaria ciliaris
(Retz.) Koeler
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(Retz.) Koeler
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
This species is a gene pool tertiary relative of <em style=""font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing:0px"">Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf (Vincen et al., 2013)
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 generally considered to be widespread within the north and east of the UAE, in addition to being described as common. Therefore, it 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
It is known to be widespread in the northern and eastern parts of the UAE (MEW 2010). The origin of this species is unclear, although CABI (2019) consider it to have originated in Asia, it is now distributed throughout the tropics and sub-tropics of both hemispheres. Plants of the World Online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019) consider the species to be native to Africa and Asia but introduced elsewhere; they list the UAE as a native country of occurrence for this species.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is known to grow within sandy and gravelly locations, in addition to plantations and roadsides (MEW 2010).
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.
