Taxon name
Trichodesma africanum
(L.) Sm.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Trichodesma africanum
(L.) Sm.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(L.) Sm.
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
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
The distribution of this species in the UAE is not well known, and there has been taxonomic uncertainty. The few available records are from the Hajar Mountains and adjacent foothills and gravel plains (MEW 2010) and Wadi Al Ain (Mousa and Fawzi 2009), however there are few precise locality data and the species was not specifically recognised by Jongbloed et al. (2003). There are no data on population size or trend, and it is considered Data Deficient.
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 reported from the Hajar Mountains and adjacent foothills and gravel plains (MEW 2010) and Wadi Al Ain (Mousa and Fawzi 2009), however there are few precise locality data and the species was not specifically recognised by Jongbloed et al. (2003). There are a small number of records from the southern Hajar Mountains near Al Wa'ab, and from Al Ain (Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium, RBG Kew seed survey data. RBG Edinburgh hold a number of records of this species, all of which have later been redetermined as T. enetotrichium. The global range of this species is across northern and Central Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, and east to India (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
The species is found in dry, gravelly wadi beds, plantations, foothills and associated gravel plains (MEW 2010).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Without detailed information on the distribution in the UAE, little can be said about threats. However, it is likely that grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range.
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.
