Taxon name
Herniaria hemistemon
J.Gay
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Herniaria hemistemon
J.Gay
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
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 widespread along the Arabian Gulf coast of the UAE and is considered locally common within this range. It is also able to persist at a range of altitudes. The species 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
Within the UAE, this species is considered to be widespread and is found in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and R'as al-Khaimah (Brown et al. 2007, Karim and Dakheel 2006). It generally occurs along the Arabian Gulf coast and in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This plant has been recorded at altitudes up to 1,600 m in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). Globally, the native range of this species spans from Africa to temperate Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Incomplete
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This annual herb species grows within compacted sand and rocky ground within mountain environments (Brown et al. 2007, Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). It has a perennial and prostrate growth form, reaching up to 25 cm across (Karim and Dakheel 2006). The oblong leaves are crowded across the plant, small petal-less flowers are present between February and April, and the seeds are small and brown (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This species is also considered to be moderately salt tolerant (Karim and Dakheel 2006).
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.
