Taxon name
Indigofera spinosa
Forssk.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Indigofera spinosa
Forssk.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Species authority
Forssk.
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
This species is known from a currently unconfirmed record in Wadi Bih (Böer and Chaudhary 1999). The habitat (sand sheets) cited by Böer and Chaudhary (1999) is inconsistent with the Wadi Bih locality that they cite. This needs to be confirmed, along with identifying any additional localities, potential threats and uses, in addition to population status and trends. Currently, this species is assessed as 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 has been recorded from Wadi Bih (Böer and Chaudhary 1999) within the Ru'us al-Jibal in the UAE. However, this record needs to be confirmed (MEW 2010). Globally, this species occurs from Egypt and Tanzania to the Arabian Peninsula (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
Indigofera spinosa is a bush that produces spines along its stems, in addition to pale crimson flowers (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It has a perennial lifecycle (Jongbloed et al. 2003) and is found growing within sand sheets in the UAE (Böer and Chaudry 1999). This species is characteristic of and common within its typical habitats (Ghazanfar and Fisher 1998) in Oman.
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
There is no available information.
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.
