Gastrocotyle hispida | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Gastrocotyle hispida | (Forssk.) Bunge
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is widespread in northeastern parts of the UAE. Whilst some subpopulations may have undergone a significant decline as a result of coastal development, it is thought that the species still qualifies as Least Concern.
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Western (1991) noted the absence of this species in the low mainland hills and considered this to be the result of goat browsing. Grazing by livestock may impact the species in parts of its range, and impacts from coastal development may have been significant.
Conservation Measures
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Conservation measures notes:
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Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Gastrocotyle hispida | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Boraginales | Boraginaceae | Gastrocotyle |