Taxon name
Digitaria sanguinalis
(L.) Scop.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Digitaria sanguinalis
(L.) Scop.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
(L.) Scop.
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 presence and distribution of this species in the UAE requires confirmation due to probable confusion with D. sanguinalis, 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
This species is widespread across the northern part of the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003), however it is not clear if this refers instead to D. sanguinalis (MEW 2010). The global distribution of this species extends from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Malesia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species can be found in sand and gardens. It is an annual grass species, spreading and rooting at hairy nodes, flowering from February to May (Western 1994, Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Although this species is grazed by animals, such as goats, (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Shahid 2017), it is currently unclear whether this poses a threat to Digitaria sanguinalis.
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.
