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NRLD - 330835 | Cymbopogon schoenanthus

Assessment ID
330835
Taxon name
Cymbopogon schoenanthus
(L.) Spreng.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Cymbopogon schoenanthus
(L.) Spreng.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
liliopsida
Order
poales
Family
poaceae
Genus
Cymbopogon
Species
schoenanthus
Species authority
(L.) Spreng.
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 widespread in eastern parts of the UAE. Whilst some impacts from grazing might occur, it is thought that the species still 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
This is a common and widespread species in the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003) and also is recorded south to Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2014). Al Meharibi et al. (2019) show presence of this throughout the east coast. The species is recorded from the Ru'us al-Jibal, although uncertain if from parts of the mountains within the UAE, and confusion is possible with other members of the genus (Feulner 2011). Feulner (2016) considers only this species of Cymbopogon to present in Wadi Wurayah. The native range of this species is in Africa from the Sahara and the Sahel to Kenya, east through the Arabian Peninsula to Iran (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
This species occurs in mountains and wadis and is a perennial grass with stems erecting up to 0.5-1.0 m in height. It flowers between March and June (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, but this is not likely to be significant.
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.